Shana Tovah, Visitors!

It's been a busy last couple of weeks.  With the High Holy Days amongst us and many family and friends coming in from out of town...we've barely had time to update the blog!

Stopping by Papa's office is always fun (especially when they give Derek stickers)!

Uncle Brian just couldn't resist Derek's Mickey Ears and Hands (Yes, he wore these for about an hour after he arrived and wore them as he was telling us serious stories...naturally!).

Exercises with Bubby!

Who wears the ears better, Derek or Uncle Bri?

A quick, fun visit!

Josh enjoys "jumping rope...."

...and stories!

The Holzman's had us over for dinner before the school year began!

Derek tried his first "Chocolate Liver" and crackers --- aka chopped liver -- and liked it, sort of.

Bailey thought Josh tasted like "chocolate liver."

Derek preferred the REAL chocolate!

Bub preferred this sweet guy!

And Josh preferred SLEEP!

Another evening at Grandma and Papa's house....splish splash we were taking baths...

Derek works on his lathering skills.

Those curls sure are long when they're wet!

Josh, so fresh and clean, with Papa!

We had fun celebrating Derek's friend Lila's 3rd Birthday at The Little Gym.

Josh gets a feel for his surroundings.

Derek monkeys around.

 

Here comes trouble!

Double trouble!

When Minnie Mouse came out, Derek grabbed onto this bar and said, "Look, Minnie!  Over here!  Look at me do this swing!  Minnie watch me over here!"

Testing out the party favors.

Tasting the sweet juices (or just chewing on the straw).

Derek gets a Spider-man painted on his arm!

The same day, Mommy got to help one of her former students, Casey, celebrate his UF graduation and hiring at Ford (he's going to be an amazing Engineer)!  Mommy and Daddy are proud to be fellow gators with such a great guy!  (He even let Mommy take home his celebratory balloons for Derek and Josh)!

Then it was off to temple for Rosh Hashanah services:

Josh chews on his "button" to go along with the interactive sermon.

Derek says the Shema...

...and participates by lifting his button every time he hears the word!

Family shot before heading home!

Then we enjoyed a nice open house at Grandma and Papa's for a sweet New Year!

These two guys sure seem happy!

The next evening, Aunt Susie wanted to make a special dinner for all of us (since we had, Safta, Uncle Alex, Amanda, Uncle Keith, Grandma, Papa, Bubby, Zaide, Mommy, Daddy, Derek, Joshua, and Roberto all in once place together)!

Derek sits at the head of the table and waits for everyone to arrive!

Uncle Keithy Weithy shares his programming expertise with the future generation of programmers.

Not only is she a great cook...but she reads a killer bedtime story!

Of course, what would a visit with "Aunt Balls" be without a little footsies before bedtime?!

The next day, it was GAME TIME!  (We won't speak of the unfortunate events that occurred after this photo was take, but it was sure fun hanging with some of the old crew)!

Leftovers at Susie and Roberto's:

Josh was in love with Whisper.  He would crawl around following her everywhere!

From Go Dog Go, "Do you like my hat?"

Not sure about the hat, but we like the food!!

Josh goes for a ride!

He could not stay away!

Josh has begun to pull up on things (just a week and a half shy of 10 months old):

 All of these busy times lead to great sleep and wonderful morning cuddle time:

 It is SO exciting to have Uncle Keith around!

Derek loves playing with his Uncle!

Most of the Barbag boys!

Fun family times!

THE BARBAG BOYS!!!

The silly B-Boys.

Awwwwwwwwwww.

These boys are super lucky to have such a great Uncle!

Today was Josh's first "Mommy and Me" class of the new school year!  Derek was super cute in making sure Josh "dressed the part" this morning and helped to get him dressed.

All dressed up and ready to go!

Excited to have his brother go to school today.

Derek teaches Josh well, no?

Sitting tall and proud!

Derek loves school!

Josh pulled himself up on the tall couch today!

Such a cutie!

As we move towards our fast on Yom Kippur, we wanted to close our post with family fun at the dinner table!

For those observing....May your fasts be easy and meaningful, and may your year be filled with as many blessing as we have had over the past year!  L'Shana Tovah!