Visiting New York

We flew to New York last weekend to celebrate Gavin's First Communion on Sunday. On Saturday, we got to spend time with lots of other family. Tom and Christine brought baby Harper over to Grandma and Pop-pop's to visit, much to everyone's delight:

In the evening, we were able to visit Aunt Barbara's and see my cousins Scott and Sara and their lovely families:

Belated birthday cake for Benji, with Grandpa Steve, Josie and Charlotte in the background

Espectacular

The elementary kids of Charlottesville were invited to take part in the 5th grade Spanish performance. Benji was eager to participate and took part in a song with other 3rd graders from across Charlottesville:

Spring Plantings

Kids wanted to help:

Mary Poppins

Got a chance to see this play with the kids at Albemarle High School last week:

Torah Alive

For the last week of Sunday School, Benji's class had their "Torah Alive" program. Each child was asked to dress as a Torah character and give clues to allow classmates to guess their identities. Benji went as Noah:

Writing Code

Benji has been obsessed with learning html and css and coding his own website. Whenever he has a free minute, in front of a computer or not, he is writing lines of code to try out:

Radio Kit

Grandpa Steve sent Benji a radio kit for his birthday, and he has been obsessed with it. He loves trying to tune in to different stations and has been insistent about leaving it playing all the time: