Mechel in the afternoon

Mechel is such a good sport when it comes to posing for me!I asked him to sit on the bench and he suggested several differrent poses.“How’s this?” he asked:

Here, Mechel is posing Baila!

Water Fun!

We had a fun day “at the pool”!

To Protect and Serve

Mechel and Baila in their Park Ranger uniforms:

“You’re under arrest!”

The macho look:

Mechel is Shteiging

Or so it would seem. We were reading Parshas Shemos in his My First Parsha Reader book. It said that “a new Pharaoh” was king.

“Tattie, was there a new Pharaoh?”

“Yes, Mechel.”

“No, some seforim say that it was still the same Pharaoh, and that he was mean after Yosef died.”

-pause-

“Um, yes, but some say […]

Chappy Chanukah!

This is the first year Mechel lit his own Menorah:

Lunch with Tattie

Today we met Ben at work for a picninc lunch. We had a great time, although sitting still for a group photo proved challenging!

Mechel’s first ride

Here’s the video.

Shakespeare he ain’t

Mechel told Trish a couple weeks ago “I love you so much, I love you how much the world is.”

Aw.

He’s so Frum!

In honor of the new Daf Yomi cycle, or course. A gift from Bubbie and Zayde:

Mechel gets his own snowshoes

Mechel’s new snowshoes arrived yesterday, so we tried them out this morning: