NO MORE TRAINING WHEELS

Both kids started riding their bikes today WITHOUT training wheels after a week of no pedals ... they both did GREAT and had so much fun.  They can't wait to ride again.


Here is Zoe just after she got her pedals back: and here is Zachary after he got his pedals back:

Zoe's Kindergarten Thanksgiving Feast at School

Zoe's class had a Thanksgiving Feast and Daddy joined her.  The food was delicious - some made by the kids themselves.  Surprisingly Zoe enjoyed the sweet potato dish, which we have the recipe for.  She also very much enjoyed having Daddy be there with her.  The kids (Kindergarten and 1st grade) sang and adorable song for the parents about gobbling turkeys, too cute. 

Thanksgiving Cheesecake & Pasta Making 2011

Our "Schulman" tradition of making cheesecake and homemade pasta for Thanksgiving continued again this year.  Zachary had a sleepover and hike with his best friend so Zoe helped Daddy make the cheesecake - YUMMY!

Zachary has gotten really good at rolling out the pasta dough, helping Daddy make long sheets for cutting into papperdelle as well as for the ravioli.  Zoe also helped as you'll see below and this year each kid made their own 'personal' ravioli.  This year we made cheese and mushroom filling - both kinds were delicious.  Meanwhile Mama made cream sauce for the raviolis and a salmon cream sauce for the papperdelle.  It was the best Thanksgiving meal we have had ... yet!

 They also worked together and Daddy supervised.  They make a good team and each year the raviolis are better than the last.

Philadelphia visit - Soosaar Family

We went to Philadelphia for the weekend to visit Aunt Jen, Uncle Alvar, Aurora, and Sebastian.  We also visited with our old friends the Sasson family on our way back.  It was a great weekend including a trip to a local park where Daddy took these fall shots of the kids cavorting around.  The kids all behaved fantastically and the parents enjoyed a fun night out saturday night.  We can't wait to visit with Soosaar family again soon.  

Hashem Sheli for Zoe Claire/Shaina Zahara

Zoe had her Hashem Sheli program at Ezra Academy - where we share how she got her name.  It was very exciting for her and she did great.  Zachary came along too (missing part of his morning).  Here are the kids just before the program in Zoe's classroom.

 Zoe sitting with her classmates and singing some of the Tefillot (prayers).

 Zoe and her classmates singing about getting a name - they were so CUTE!

GG was here for her birthday for the first time EVER so the kids really enjoyed eating ice cream in honor of her birthday.  They donned some costumes (Bride and Astronaut) and went trick-or-treating with our friends who were in New Haven since their power was out after the insane snow storm we had.  They all had a lot of fun, and got some yummy treats too!

Enjoy this picture of all the kids ...

Sukkot 2011

Sukkot this year was lots of fun - although we didn't eat in our sukkah as much as we would have liked since we got invited out for quite a few meals and there was some rain.  Here is a picture of the kids in our sukkah which turned out quite beautiful this year, and Zoe eating cake another night to celebrate a friends birthday.  Don't the lights look cool????