Sunday fun

Today was a great Sunday, we did all kinds of Sunday things.
Lela and I hugged and mushed each other.

We read books together.

We went to Publix and we each got our own cart! (We had a lot of shopping to do...)

But mostly we did a lot of cuddling with Mami, because she's been traveling so much lately and we missed her a lot. And she missed us.

Happy Sunday to everyone!

Jacksonville

We went to Jacksonville last weekend for Aunt Lizzie and Uncle Brian's wedding. (Our camera died, we have very few pictures, but you can check Lela's blog for some...)
We spent two days in a hotel room (and it rained, a lot, so we didn't even get to go to the beach). My favorite part was that I had my very own bed to sleep in.

Lela and I both liked the breakfast buffet though, we have to admit. They didn't have cheerios, but we made do.

We went to a children's museum one afternoon and they had all kinds of neat exhibits on the human body, and fish, and reptiles and dinosaurs. We had a great time and I was sure to show everyone which two of my teeth have come out. (Oh, by the way, my second tooth came out on Saturday!)

Lela showed us which teeth she's still missing . . .

We had a great time, and it was wonderful to see the wedding and to see how happy Liz and Brian were. Congratulations, you two!

Labor Day picnic

Last week for Labor Day we celebrated with a picnic outside on the porch. Lela and I thought that was just about the neatest thing ever.

We ate

and drank

and had a grand ole time!

Aunt Lizzie's 'bagel shower'

Today we drove up to Jacksonville for Aunt Lizzie's 'bagel shower.' (That's BRIDAL SHOWER to you, but I can't seem to get the name quite right...) We drove up with Grandma and Aunt Sharon, and Mrs. P. was there too.

So were lots of Liz's friends, and we all brought her presents to help her celebrate her upcoming wedding. I was very eager to help her open them, and I was a great help to her.

She got all kinds of cool stuff, from glasses to towels.

Hopefully she'll share some of it with Uncle Brian too.
I then made use of all the wonderful shopping bags and walked around pretending I had just spent a day at Saks Fifth Avenue.

And then Mami and I got silly with the bows from the presents and put them in my hair. I really liked that, even though I closed my eyes for the picture.

It was great to spend the day with friends and family, and we can't wait for Aunt Lizzie's wedding next weekend!

Chomp chomp!

It's that time of year again, Gator football is about to start! Our first game is tomorrow so we're getting ready by wearing our gator gear to school today. And we're practicing our chompin'!

We're hoping for a big victory tomorrow. GO GATORS!

My tooth came out!

Remember how my tooth was loose? Well, it fell out Friday at school! See?

Can't see it? Here, try this one:

Unfortunately, we're not sure what happened to the tooth itself, but the tooth fairy came and left me some stickers anyway.
And now, the OTHER bottom one is loose too...

I'm growing up so fast...

I've had two pretty big milestones this week that I wanted to share with you all. First, I started my new school, and I'm in the PRE-K class! Can you believe I'm almost ready to go to kindergarten next year?!? I'm so good at recognizing letters and numbers, and getting better at writing. Soon I might be reading. In the meantime, my artistic skills are developing nicely too. Here's a picture I drew at school the other day of me and Mami and Daddy. (Lela isn't in it because, according to what I told Mami, it's the day we all went to the day we went to Weeki Wachee. Daddy is supposed to be "fixing something" and - as I pointed out to Daddy - I generously "gave him hair.")

My other big news - are you ready for this? - is that one of my teeth is loose! We all thought I wouldn't lose my baby teeth for quite a while longer, but my bottom front tooth is certainly wiggling around and wanted to get out of my mouth. Taking pictures of it is hard, just like when I was a few months old... They're a little blurry, but hopefully you can see that front one that's all crooked and dancing around in there:

Nonetheless, I still have my stunning smile!

We'll keep you posted on the fate of Mr. BraveTooth...

Shalom, Kol Tuv.

Today was my last day at B'nai Israel School. (Lela's too, but she's only been there a few months, I've been there almost three years.) Mami came for our last Shabbat, we're going to miss that a lot.

(I hope I don't forget all those great Hebrew songs...)

We took the opportunity to get some pictures with my teachers, whom I will miss very much.

Here's Ms. Debby, she's the principal.

And you know Ms. Jenifer by now, I'm sure. She's my favorite, she's been my teacher (on and off) for my whole time at B'nai! I know I'll see her again outside of school, but it'll be hard to have a different teacher.

Here's Mr. Joe. I had a great year with him too. He doesn't let me get away with any of my usual stuff, but he also gets my sense of humor and we laugh a lot.

Ms. Patie was my teacher at summer camp this summer and we had some fun times together too.

This last picture is with Ms. Adriana. She was my teacher for a while when I was two, and she's been Lela's teacher lately, but I still love getting to see her. She speaks Spanish, too! (I would not share my challah with her, no matter how much I like her!)

Thank you all for so many wonderful memories, for teaching Resli and Lela so many great things, for helping Resli grow up so much. We'll miss you. Shalom.

Ribbit

We got a new rug and shower curtain for my bathroom today. Isn't it awesomely adorable?

(Not as adorable as I am, I know, but the only time there would be a picture of me AND this stuff would be when I'm on the potty, and we know you don't want to see that!)

Getting ready for commencement

Tomorrow is summer commencement at UF, and Mami is escorting a PhD student. That means she gets to wear her fancy regalia (you know, a robe), and it comes with a fancy hat called a tam.

Of course, I wanted to try it on:

And then Lela wanted to try it on too.

Do you think if we get PhDs one day we'll get to wear a tam??

Sweet Publix goodness

We just dig those Publix cookies!

Yummy!

Seriously, why would anyone shop anywhere else?!?

Helping Mami with her work

Mami has a lot of work to do this summer since she's taking over the coordination of the lower division Spanish program. She had to write seven different syllabi!

I thought I'd help her out with the one for the advanced review class - don't you agree with my changes?

Lela looked on and thought, 'Ooh, that's nice work Resli...

... but I prefer me some Mickey!"