No more car booster seat for Benji!

Now that he's nine years old, he doesn't have to sit in a booster seat any more!

Before . . .

After!

Pick Up From School

Daniel is the kid in the grey shirt with his back to the camera, playing blocks with his crew.  Tamar is the blur in the striped shirt, running towards the camera.  They come running every time they see me.  So does Benji.  I'm so freaking lucky.

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--Victoria
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Benji's 9th birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese (part 2 of 2)

The cake decoration is from Benji's favorite video game, at his request

After the pizza and cake, Benji and a friend went into the Ticket Tornado, to try to catch as many prize-winning tickets as possible...

Then more games!

Aaron took Daniel for a ride in the Batmobile!

. . . and everyone had lots of prize tickets to redeem!

Benji's 9th birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese (part 1 of 2)

From April 8, 2018
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--Victoria
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Daniel and I rode a roller coaster simulator...

Benji and his friends played games for about an hour before pizza and cake

 Aaron's parents drove down from New Jersey to celebrate with us!  Susan and Tamar enjoyed a lot of the games together.

This four-player game was the favorite for Benji and his friends.

Seder at Abigail and Greg's house

From April 6, 2018
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--Victoria
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New Haircuts

About two weeks ago, Tamar and Daniel's school photos were scheduled for a Tuesday, so I decided to take them for haircuts after their annual checkups on Monday.
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Daniel's hair had become so long and shaggy that, on Sunday, he wailed "I can't SEEEEE ANYTHIIIIING!" so I took him outside and cut his bangs so he could see what he was playing with!  I figured that whatever I messed up, the barber could fix.
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Tamar had never been to a hairdresser before because I always just trimmed her hair and her bangs myself.  Unfortunately, I did a pretty bad job of it this past time and both the bangs and the back were noticeably uneven.  No more Mommy-haircuts for her!  It's off to the hairdresser from now on.
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Daniel was unhappy about the entire process because the woman who did his hair used clippers and he's ticklish and the clippers were obviously tickling his neck a lot.  Next time, I'll ask them not to use the clippers if possible.  He was bribed into putting up with it with the promise of a lollipop at the end.
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Tamar, on the other hand, sat in her chair like a queen in a beauty parlor and the hairdresser clearly adored her for it.  They both look great!  I was so excited about how great the school photos would look.
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That evening, Daniel started running a fever but I assumed it was a reaction to all the shots he'd received at his annual check up that morning, gave him some Tylenol, and assumed he would be fine in the morning.  Unfortunately, I was wrong.  The next morning, poor Daniel yelled "I'M GOING TO THROW UP" and ran to the toilet to prove himself correct, and Tamar was also running a fever.
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SO AFTER ALL THAT, THEY MISSED THEIR SCHOOL PHOTO DAY!
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I'm going to get some photos taken soon, one way or another.  These haircuts are not going to waste!
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--Victoria
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Welcome to the NEW and IMPROVED blog!

Hi family and friends,
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It occurred to me that this blog will be even more useful if we also share news about what's going on with the whole family, not just the kids.  So...
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Welcome to the New and Improved Blog!

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Now with MORE photos of MORE people!  (coming soon...  as soon as I take more photos...)
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--Victoria
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