Sam had a blast! Friday night we had family Shabbat dinner. As usual, Sam helped us light the Shabbat candles and we all clinked glasses for the kiddish wine/juice. (See my January blogpost about Sam's first real Jewish experience with Shabbat prayers). He now helps us with the prayers every Friday night and gets very excited when we take out the candles. He also loves singing "Shabbat Shalom, hey!" and shouts "hey" in the song.
They took him to toddler soccer class Saturday morning while Brad and I slept in. After a quiet morning, we visited with cousins Casey and Alexa.
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| Sam, Grandpa, and Cousin Alexa (age 2.5) |
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| Sam learned new ways to play with cousin Casey's dump truck |
Mimi & Grandpa took Sam to Barnes & Noble and bought him 2 sets of several books - Sam will keep one copy of each book at our house and my parents will take their copy to their house so that they can read the same books together while they are skyping! Love it!
Then they all went to open gym time at Gymboree and had a blast.
On the way back from Gymboree they stopped at Dairy Queen for ice cream and Sam now has a new word. He LOVES saying ice cream! This weekend he also learned how to say "I want night, night" to tell us when he's ready for naptime or bed - and then he basically puts himself to bed. Naptime/bedtime doesn't get much easier than that!
After naptime (and before the Superbowl) they all went sledding on the patch of snow that remains in our back yard. Despite the 50 degree weather, they took Sam out on the toboggan and he happily traipsed across the yard.
What a great weekend! Can't wait to see them again in a few short weeks!
3 comments:
We had the best weekend,too. We have the best grandson and his pareents aren't too shabby, either. Ice cream this w/e...and chocolate doggy! This w/e sponsored by your local dentist!
You guys and Sam make it so easy for us to have fun together. You thoroughly enjoy Sam and appreciate all his milestones. He is the happiest child and such a joy to be around. We had a blast with him. And he melted us both last night when he said from his crib as we were about to leave, "night night Mommy, Mimi and Pa."
Ok, while Second Sunday, our musical venue for our synagogue, hasn't been active for two years, somehow Google thinks I am synonymous with Second Sunday. Go Figure. Anyway, it was delightful to spend this fun weekend with Sam and his parents.
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