I took Ben for his 14 year old well exam today. He measured at 6 foot 1 inch even, and 143 pounds. His height is back to floating above the growth curve right now - they wrote "100%" for the percentile. The doctor said since he usually sits right around the top line (>95th percentile) for height, that he will probably settle back down there instead of staying off the chart. So he predicted something like 6'3 and a half for a final height for him. All I know is his growth better slow down soon - he grew 4 inches this past year and 4 the year before that too I think. He already complains his bed is too short :) Otherwise the checkup was uneventful. Ben is home this week doing his reading for school and resting up after a fun week in Philly with Uncle Mike and Aunt Kathleen! He had a great time.
On Sunday we head to San Francisco for a week! We are splitting the time between SF and Lake Tahoe. Hopefully it will be awesome! And a lot cooler weather than Charlotte. The girls are finishing up their last week of camp this week. Hard to believe the summer will be over in a month!
Monday, July 30, 2018
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Ben and Annie
Ben and his cousin Annie at dinner last night. I think they look kind of alike don't you?
Cake Baking
Ben and Uncle Mike set out to make this cake for Aunt Kathleen's birthday:
And somehow took a left turn and ended up with this:
Apparently the cake didn't rise and the mousse filling didn't set , so they decided to improvise. It looks great! (Apparently it didn't taste so great though). I told Ben next time he needs to pick something less complicated!
Sunday, July 22, 2018
Philly Bound
Ben headed to Philly yesterday — after a bit of a delay due to severe weather — on a plane named Wilbur. Have a great visit Ben!
Friday, July 20, 2018
Performing Arts, session 1
Becca finished up her first session of performing arts camp last weekend and performed as a Neverland native in a total of five performances of Peter Pan over two days. Phew! She did a great job! Now on to session 2, 101 Dalmatians, in which she is playing Boxer #2 ;)
Thursday, July 12, 2018
Monday, July 9, 2018
Becca's Famous Again
This banner is hanging in the Temple Beth El parking lot. Becca is pictured with her friend Leah.
Saturday, July 7, 2018
New Phone
Ben killed his phone in MA last weekend by jumping into a pool with his phone in his pocket when it already had a cracked screen. The cell phone repair shop spent two days trying to resuscitate it to no avail. So i ended up buying out the rest of what I owed on my phone which was $93 and switching that phone to Ben and getting myself a new phone. Somehow Ben made out pretty well since the phone he killed was a 32 GB iPhone 7 and the one he got from me was a 128 GB iPhone 7. I got an iPhone 8. I wanted a X but instead I got an iPhone SE for Becca for her upcoming 11th birthday (Sshhhh it’s a surprise!) I also upgraded us to unlimited data since we are always going over our allowance and managed to apply a military discount thanks to Joel’s dad which means I got 4 lines of unlimited data for less than the price of 3 , otherwise. Yay!
