Hero Worship...Who do you think Julia wants to be like? One guess...

We Grow 'Em Big...Jacob and Julia had their physicals today. Let's just say that the doctor's are always amazed at how tall our kids are compared to their age. They run average weight-wise but they are both above the 95th percentile for heighth. Jacob grew 3 1/4 inches in 1 yr. He is now 50 1/2 inches tall and weighs 63 lbs. Julia grew 2 1/4 inches in 7 mos! She is now 44 inches tall and weighes 42 lbs. She is one long set of legs hooked on to one long waist! She is built just like John's dad and Grandma Florine. I am SO envious! Ha!

End of Week 2...Well, we've had a good first two weeks of school. Jacob even admitted today that 1st grade is a little more fun than kindergarten...ha! I think there is more variety and they even started Spanish class three times a week which we are thrilled about. His class uses the green card, yellow card, red card system for behavior in class and Jacob is just thrilled at the end of the day to let us know when his card is green. He really is enjoying himself. Yea! And of course, Julia is thrilled by pre-k. She let's me know every day if she had to sit in the "thinking chair" or not. Yesterday she admitted that her teacher got "fwustwated" with her. Ha! Ya think?!?! She really makes us laugh out loud!

John's Birthday Party...We celebrated John's birthday last night since he will be heading out on his actual birthday. So last night, we had a nice family dinner, birthday cake made by mom and Jacob, and birthday presents. It was a really fun evening for everyone. The kids have inherited their love of a good celebration from me and we were positively giddy all afternoon. Jacob even turned off one of his favorite show (voluntarily) to help get ready for the festivities. What a guy!

Glamour Girl...This is Julia last Friday night while I was at work. She got all gussied up with Daddy in her pj's that Ma Mere brought her from China. She loves looking at herself in the mirror.

1st Day of School...Yesterday was a momentous occasion in our household. Jacob AND Julia went to their first day of school. Jacob started first grade and Julia started pre-k. She will be going M-F half days. John and I took the kids to Julia's school first and then he and Jacob headed on to Jacob's school while I did orientation and the PTA meet-n-greet. It ought to be interesting to do PTA at two different schools. She is so excited she can hardly stand it! She brings her Hello Kitty backpack and Princess lunchbox and folder EVERYWHERE! She is so proud! Jacob had a great day in first grade and was re-united with four buddies from last year. Luckily, they were all nice boys. And they now get to play on the big kids playground. The beginning of another exciting chapter in their lives. Wow! Time does fly...

Dinner With a Friend...Thursday night, John and I went out to dinner with our neighbor, Alan Greenberger. Brona watched the kids and we went to a restaurant called Lambrou's. It was really good food. Several courses of very good food. We also didn't realize we would have "live" entertainment. After we had been there for about 30 minutes, this older couple came in and sat at the table next to us. Soon, the man "Larry" spontaneously turned to us with no greetings or salutations and started telling us jokes. They were good jokes and he had great delivery. But he never smiled or broke character. He would tell 3 or 4 jokes in a row and then turn around and start eating his dinner again. Then a few minutes later this would happen again. It last our whole meal. His wife kept chiding him to leave us alone but the jokes were funny and the absurdity of the whole situation made us all giggle all evening. It was a fun night! The other interesting thing we got to do was go inside Alan's synagogue. We went with him on the way to dinner to pick up the mail. John and I had never been in a synagogue so it was very interesting and really pretty.

Today I am having a co-garage sale with our neighbors, John and Brona. The down side is that due to allergies, I have no voice. Ha! Julia wants my voice to come back NOW and wants to know where it went. How do you explain that?!?