{"id":30,"date":"2004-10-17T23:12:00","date_gmt":"2004-10-17T23:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/mechel3\/?p=30"},"modified":"2004-10-17T23:12:00","modified_gmt":"2004-10-17T23:12:00","slug":"mechels-3rd-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/mechel3\/?p=30","title":{"rendered":"Mechel&#8217;s 3rd Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today was Mechel&#8217;s 3rd Birthday. The day started with Bubbie and Zayde giving Mechel a super fancy construction toy &#8211; it drives forward and backward, and has a rotating drill and saw. It was pertty tough to get his attention long enough to take the picture:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/hello\/76\/1416\/800\/IMG_1119.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"phostImg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/hello\/76\/1416\/320\/IMG_1119.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>While Mechel played, Trish got the house set up for the party. Trish ordered a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birthdayexpress.com\/bexpress\/product.asp?sku=28388\" target=\"_blank\">construction themed birthday kit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/hello\/76\/1416\/800\/P1010451.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"phostImg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/hello\/76\/1416\/320\/P1010451.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/hello\/76\/1416\/800\/P1010452.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"phostImg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/hello\/76\/1416\/320\/P1010452.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/hello\/76\/1416\/800\/P1010454.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"phostImg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/hello\/76\/1416\/320\/P1010454.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mechel&#8217;s friends came for the party&#8230;.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/hello\/76\/1416\/800\/IMG_1123.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"phostImg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/hello\/76\/1416\/320\/IMG_1123.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8230;and Mechel offered a toast. L&#8217;Chaim!<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/hello\/76\/1416\/800\/IMG_1130.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"phostImg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/hello\/76\/1416\/320\/IMG_1130.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Towards the end up the party, we started Mechel&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aish.com\/literacy\/lifecycle\/Upsherin.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Upsherin<\/a>. Mommie and Tattie cut his hair, as did some of the other parents there. We had already taken him to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohrsomayach.edu\/video\/OhrSomayach_Low.wmv\">Yeshiva<\/a> in the morning, where Rabbis Braun and Rowoksy cut off some of his hair.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/hello\/76\/1416\/800\/IMG_1138.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"phostImg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/hello\/76\/1416\/320\/IMG_1138.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/hello\/76\/1416\/800\/IMG_1141.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"phostImg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/hello\/76\/1416\/320\/IMG_1141.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>We took him to Shimon&#8217;s to finish off the haircut:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/hello\/76\/1416\/800\/P1010462.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"phostImg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/hello\/76\/1416\/320\/P1010462.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/hello\/76\/1416\/800\/P1010471.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"phostImg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/hello\/76\/1416\/320\/P1010471.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/hello\/76\/1416\/800\/P1010477.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"phostImg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/hello\/76\/1416\/320\/P1010477.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>When we got home, we gave Mechel his 3rd Birthday gift &#8211; a bicycle! It&#8217;s red, just like Tattie&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/hello\/76\/1416\/800\/P1010486.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"phostImg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/hello\/76\/1416\/320\/P1010486.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/hello\/76\/1416\/800\/P1010485.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"phostImg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/hello\/76\/1416\/320\/P1010485.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s Mechel the next morning with his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aish.com\/literacy\/mitzvahs\/Kippah_A_Blessing_On_Your_Head.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Yarmulke<\/a> and Tsitsis:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/hello\/76\/1416\/800\/P1010487.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"phostImg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/hello\/76\/1416\/320\/P1010487.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Mazel Tov!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was Mechel&#8217;s 3rd Birthday. 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