Special Day

A few weeks ago, Simon had a special day at school.  Each Friday during the spring, one of the kids in his class gets to be the "Shabbat child" for the day.  So we went to school the day that Simon was the Shabbat boy!

Here he is getting set at the head of the table:

His teachers lit the Shabbat candles (which all of the kids are taught VERY early on are not for touching or blowing out, which they are all very good about), and we blessed the challah and the juice before enjoying them both with oranges for snack:

Simon and all of the kids LOVE the challah:

The first thing he said when he woke up that morning was "I'm the Shabbat boy!"

Then we got to read Simon's favorite book to the class.  We brought "Green Eggs and Ham".  But first Simon needed to read it.  (The other kids found this hilarious.)

Then Daddy and Mommy took turns reading the whole book to everyone:

Then we went to Shabbat sing with the whole school! 

Part of Shabbat sing involves dancing.  Simon found himself a lovely dance partner :)

Florida videos

Simon had lots of fun on the beach in Florida, especially with his dump truck sand toy that Grandma Karen and Papa Tom picked up for him.



He also really enjoyed running in to and out of the waves.



One night after we had dinner at The Sandbar, we walked back to our rental house along the beach.  Simon enjoyed the waves and also chasing the birds.  (When he would get distracted from walking toward our house, we'd point out some more birds in the right direction, and off he went!)

Florida vacation pictures

Beach fun

Ocean fun

He had a blast running in to the water and then running away when waves would come in

Checking out boats

Ready to throw handfuls of sand in the ocean

Sand castles!

My mom took this one at the little pool at the house we rented

A wee bit cautious when getting in too deep

On the deck at the place we rented

The football provided lots of entertainment in the waves

Warming up and having a snack with Papa

We had breakfast on the deck almost every morning!

Cheerios - yum

Outside at the Sandbar

He also loved chasing seagulls and sandpipers on the beach

Ocean strolling