What a crazy Summer so far!

It's been a long time since my last post! I apologize to our die hard fans. But in my defense, there's been quite a lot going on lately.

About a month ago we said good bye to Ramita (at least as Judah's nanny - she's still our dear friend).



And Judah started preschool at Temple Emanuel.

These happy pictures notwithstanding, the first several weeks of school were extremely difficult for Judah (and mommy). It's a wonderful school, but it's incredibly different surroundings from what he was used to - so many kids, so many adults, new place, new routine, and crazy things like needing to line up to come inside. And let's face it, Judah has not always been so quick to adapt to new situations. So the adjustment was very hard. In addition to crying a lot at drop-off, he refused to eat at school, had a hard time napping, and frequently reminded me at home how "mommy left Judah at school" with a sad, forlorn tone. He also started waking frequently during the night crying for me and we both became unbelievably tired. Of course, this all coincided with Doug's three week trip to Israel, which likely also contributed to Judah's discombobulation (and certainly contributed to my stress and sleeplessness!)

But I'm very happy to report that Judah is now doing extremely well at school. He doesn't protest going and he talks very happily about it in the evenings. He sings the songs they sing at school and tells us things about his day. He speaks very fondly about many of the teachers and he seems to have already developed very strong bonds with many of them. It's really very exciting. We feel that Judah is being exposed to a much bigger world, and he really seems to be soaking it all in.

And now Abba is back, which is wonderful!!

In addition to school, we've been spending our Summer doing all kinds of fun things. We've been going to the park and doing pull-ups,

we go on other excursions, like downtown Silver Spring,

And, as always, we spend a good amount of time just hanging out at home.