Eating Trees

If there is one thing this child loves...it is broccoli.

In the event that by some chance he stops liking broccoli we recorded this video of him chowing down on his green trees. He prefer the "bushy" part only.

Pumpkin Patch in Pictures

asher had a date with his girl Tahli and his cousin Paige at the pumpkin patch. it was pretty cold and first thing in the morning... the photos say it all...

Sukkot at School

sukkot brings back so many childhood memories. one particular one is the year that we built a sukkah ( temporary hut constructed for use during the week-long Jewish festival of Sukkot. it is topped with branches and often well decorated with autumnal, harvest or Judaic themes.) in between our house and our neighbors house. it was awesome. except for the fact that I let one of our friends cut my hair. crazy and jagged. it was awful. needless to say we have great memories....and I truly hope next year we will be able to build our very own sukkah in our backyard

at school they teach about each holiday and have at least a week lesson on all things related to the holiday. the parents were invited to a Sukkot service led by one of the rabbis, song leaders and Morah Becca. morah Becca is holding the lulav and the etrog in this picture. (it was raining so we had to improvise with our sukkah service)

asher was pretty excited that his momma came to be with him for the service.

it was a special treat!

he thought he was such a big boy sitting in his very own seat in temple.

he learned how to balance his own weight without getting squished in the pew seat.

he also got to snuggle with Ella's mommy, Naomi!

ella and her mommy loving the mid day Sukkot surprise visit!

unfortunately the day didnt end so great. asher was running down the isle in the temple, tripped and went fast first into the corner of the pew. his head flew back and I am shocked that he didnt have a consussion. his forehead and cheek immediately ballooned up. it looks like he had a fat blue catepillar under his skin. it was quite scary, but we applied ice immediately and he let me ice it for about 10 minutes. ironically I had given him tylenol about 5 minutes before it happened because his teeth were hurting him pretty badly. i had to leave him crying on his mat before nap time, but thankfully his teacher laid with him and rubbed his back till he fell asleep. the swelling went down really quickly and within 4-5 days all bruising was gone! Phew!

we are so blessed to have such a wonderful Jewish Preschool here in Charlotte.

the lessons that Asher is learning are lessons he will cherish for life.

he truly love school, shabbat, temple and all things preschool!

Tato Head

Uncle Rich and Aunt Sissy (eliza ) sent Asher a Halloween present...

that quite possibly made his heart stop :)

A Mr. Tato Head Pumpkin Priate set

he loves mr tato (potato) head, loves pumpkins and loves pirates.

we have really enjoyed the pirate tato head on our kitchen table as our centerpiece for a couple of weeks now thanks to aunt eliza and uncle rich.

must have cheese face with mr priate pumpkin tato head

big boy bed - new room!

he did it!

friday, october 21st Asher transitioned to his BIG BOY BED and BIG BOY ROOM!

this has been a work i progress for about 3 months.

he watched us pour hours of love into his soon to be new room.

and we finally made the transition.

cousin paige was in town for fall break and she helped me break down his crib (which converted into his full size bed) and helped me put it together. asher seemed so excited as we were getting it all together. i on the other hand was a nervous wreck. asher has also been an amazing sleeper. why i thought this might rock his ship was just flat out amateur.

paige read him a book.

we gave him lots of kisses, he slightly panicked.

we surrounded him with lots of pillows, blankies, whaley (his new stuffed animal obsession) and tucked him.

as i walked out i could hear the sincere concern in his voice.

"mommy, lay on peelllow"

ok asher. "mommy hand pease" he wanted me to hold his hand.

as i would feel him fall asleep i would slide my hand away.

he would wake up and sit up and touch for my hand, arm shoulder. panicking that he was alone. missing his mommy's touch.

confession, i teared up.

he wanted me, needed me.

inside i was freaking out about what the rest of the night would be like.

it was so subtle but so sweet.

the first night was a great success.

he slept in till 8 am

first nap was 2 1/2 hours. shorter than normal but he stayed in the bed.

second night he did even better and slept till 8:45 am. HOLY MOLY!

this boy is so big!

if you remember many months back i shared my inspiration for asher's big boy room...

here is a sneak peak of his room design.

euro shams made by cassie hall

paintings made by me - inspired by pinterest

cornice board made by me

fabric: michael miller 2d zoo design

drapes: target black outs

bed frame: munire furniture

name pillow from etsy seller whimseyco

railing borrowed from coworker

light made by me...but since photo been replaced by a target lamp. much better

will share 360 view shortly

must share the afghan softa made for his bed.

its AMAZING. probably one of the most gorgeous piece of work I will ever own.

i picked out the yarn to match his room color scheme and it is to die for.

ok enough drooling over my keyboard.

some cuteness

Im madly in love with this boy...

and these boys.

he so badly wants to be just like his daddy.

daddy does it, asher does it.

"do it daddy, asher do it"

that hair is to die for.

not sure why i felt compelled to go take him for a haircut right after this photo.

ugh . i much prefer this shag then the trimmed hair.

oh the cuteness..

butta rice

Someone likes to be like their mommy and daddy...

ugh...not the best example.

He has this new cheese face. Its not really this face. This is more like "mom just take the darn photo already so I can eat my rice, mmmk thanks"

G'mar Chatimah

Yom Kippur weekend started off with dinner at our house.

ELiza and Rich came in for the weekend so we hosted dinner at our house so we could all spend damily time together without rushing home to get Asher down for bed.

We made chicken stuff with asparagus and mozzarella, rice, salad and matzah ball soup (thanks to my mommy!). It was all delicious.

Rich and Eliza gotto help with the bed time routine and Asher was loving all of the attention.

Aunt Eliza and Poppy reading books with Asher.

Uncle Rich reading Asher a book for bed time

We have a family tradition "family hug" where Asher gives us a big bear hug, kisses all of us and usually Bella has to be included. He decided to share the love with Eliza and Rich too!

There is always extra love for daddy...because afterall he is daddy...

The next morning we had to get up super early to go to temple.

Asher went to babysitting at the Temple, but we dressed him to the nines since he was going to "Temple" and it was the high holidays. He loved getting dressed up and didnt even complain or whine with a tie on!

He was super slow (as always) eating his breakfast, but had plenty of time to cheese it up for the camera with his cream cheese mustache.

This is his new "cheese" face.

Got to love how kids think they can smile with their eyes :)

...and he loves hats...

dear mommy, i am grown up....even if you think I am your baby...

We stopped to see Softa at temple before we headed to babysitting.

She loved his outfit as did everyone who saw him. he was eating it up.

He did fantastic in babysitting. I went and got him before the service was over and brought him into the sanctuary to sit with us. You could hear everyone whispering about him when I walked in with him. He was quite the hit :)

When we got home we played a bit before we ran out to do errands while daddy stayed home and fasted. (mommy cant fast for health reasons)

After nap time We headed over to my parents house for Break of Fast #1.

Loving this photo of my sis and I. Miss her and love her always.

Uncle Jay came over too!

Ash LOVES his uncle rich. He pretty much ran around all weekend saying "uncle wich"

Aunt Estelle, Happy and Mom

Aunt Eliza and Asher man!

He was able to name everyone at the dinner table and really "got" who Eliza and Rich were this trip. Yay, so exciting for them since they only get to see him every few months.

oh this child is such a lover..

Asher cracked us up at the dinner table constantly raising his glass of "wine" exclaiming "cheers, L'chaim". Cute factor - extremely high.

Next up was our 2nd Break of Fast stop... Jonathan Howard's house.

He had an insane spread. We decided to eat a little bit at my moms and a little at Jonathans so we wouldnt over eat. Jonathan brought in tons of stuff from NYC. Delicious.

Jen's sister Bari was in town and she was snuggling up to Asher.

He also LOVED watching all of the big kids including Ben Benson's son Zach.

Too funny. Love that he has so many other Temple Kids as role models.

Despite a major holiday falling on a weekend we had a fantastic weekend with family and good friends.

G'mar Chatimah...may you be inscribed in the book of life.

Good Yontiv....