Liora

June 14, 2016

Memorial Day Weekend 2016

We headed to Rock Hall, MD for Memorial Day weekend and stayed at the Sharp’s house with our friends the Marvin’s and the Spiegel’s. The three older girls, Sophie, Claire and Liora, have been friends since their first year at the Toddler House and this trip was a little bitter sweet because the Marvin’s will be moving to Hawaii in July. We had three great days hanging at the beach, on the boat, and in the back yard.

The kids crew: Emma, Ilan, Lauren, Sophie, Claire & Liora

Lora, Lauren and Claire on the boat.

July 14, 2015

Wrapping up the School Year

It was a great school year! Lauren’s first in the Toddler House and Sophie’s last as a pre-schooler. Lauren loves her class – I’m so happy she’ll have the same teachers again next year.

Water transfer

Cutting cheese and giving the stink eye to anyone even thinking about taking it

With a friend

Sister love in the hallway. One of the teachers caught this cute scene.

End of year ice cream social

I volunteered to be a parent helper for Earth Day (actually, Dave volunteered, and then and to travel, so I took his place. Although I knew worms were involved, I agreed anyway). We did a lot of planting in the courtyard.

Sophie with her posse: Liora, Claire, Beatrice and Else.

And the 3 Amigos: Sophie, Liora & Claire

I also volunteered to be a chaperone for Sophie’s class trip to City Hall.

All 28 kids and 6 adults took the City Bus to get there. I will tell you that not everyone on board was so happy about this. But the kids had a blast.

Once we got there we got to go all the way to the top of the Tower, which is something they only recently started letting people do. The elevator to get up there, and the space to observe is small, so each parent went with just 5 kids. It was a pretty cool view.

August 27, 2014

Summer 2014

This has been a busy summer! We were out of town most weekends, fortunately for fun trips. Sophie was in all-day camp at Greene Towne School and Lauren spent the summer with her nanny Michelle and friend Julia. Here are just a few of the things we did.

We spent a weekend in MD with our friend the Marvin’s and the Spiegel’s. Six kids in the house! The kids spent the days tiring themselves out so that they vegged out with a movie at night.

Tubing in the Chesapeake (Liora, Claire, Sophie & Jeremy Spiegel)

At Sophie’s request we took a Philly Bus Tour around the city. It was actually a lot of fun and we all learned a little about our city.

The girls did some digging for treasure at Pirates and Wenches weekend in Rock Hall, MD. Here’s Sophie in her best pirate gear (arrr!).

The girls cruised around in their new princess car, compliments of Nana and Pappap, in Virginia. Sophie is the driver and Lauren rocks the passenger seat, working the radio.

And Sophie did a lot of swimming this summer. She took lessons at camp and also got in the water a lot in MD. She’s getting a lot more comfortable and will hopefully be a confident swimmer soon!

May 15, 2012

Greene Towne School Spring Picnic

Sophie’s school had their spring picnic last weekend and Sophie had great time with her friends. It was held on Lemon Hill, just a few blocks from our house. It’s always good to see her play with her friends from school.