He Caught One!

Who said Kaplans don't fish? ;)

Fishing

The only picture we have seen of Ben in recent days, although we did get a letter from him yesterday in which he professed to having had another "awesome" day. Upon seeing this picture I said to Joel, "Is he happy? He is not smiling." To which Joel replied, "He's fine. Kaplans don't fish. He's thinking, 'Why the f*** am I fishing?'"

Reunited!

A long day of driving today! 4 hours to Blue Star to pick up Becca, and then another 2 hours home to Charlotte. We got warm welcomes from both daughters; Becca started running when she saw us, and Caroline started screaming with delight :) Caroline has been attached to me like a barnacle all afternoon, which has made unpacking difficult :) I did manage to get it done though , and Joel is doing a giant grocery shop as we speak. Back to reality!!

They Cleaned up for Shabbat!

Love how in all the pictures of the boys I saw it looked like they had all JUST gotten out of the shower and barely bothered to towel off before getting dressed for services ;) Note Ben's "thumbs up" -- I sent him an email the first day of camp telling him to give me a "thumbs up" to let me know he is having a good time. Thanks for remembering, Ben!

Marsh Sunset

Took this while bike riding yesterday evening!

I Sense a Theme...

Becca: animals; Ben: sports. Almost all the pictures I have seen of Becca involve her manhandling some animal or another (though apparently the horse was too big to manhandle, and the goat, well I guess she is taking it for a walk?) Almost all the pictures I have seen of Ben so far are of him playing sports. Camp called today and said Becca has been asking if she can stay another week! We told them no - ha! Hope she is not too pissed at us when we arrive to get her on Sunday!

Ben Sighting

A wedgie by the lake? I am not sure exactly what is going on here ;) But it's my boy and he is smiling! That's good enough for me :)