On December 2nd we flew home from our Thanksgiving trip to Philadelphia. The timing and pricing of the flight worked out best for us, but unfortunately it also landed on Aaron’s 5th birthday. We made the best of it though. Since I told him he could start playing video games when he turned five, we […]
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Thanksgiving 2025 in Philly
December 17th, 2025 by pleia2
Thanksgiving in Philly tends to be our shortest trip of the year, and it often feels like a precursor for our longer winter holiday visit. This year was a bit different. It was balanced and fun, and while the quick turnaround (only staying for 10 days) was a little tiring, I didn’t feel like it […]
Lakes, Lights and Lego
November 24th, 2025 by pleia2
November snuck up on us fast, which is not surprising because we had such a busy October with all the fall festivities we had every weekend. Comparatively, our weekends were a lot more quiet, and sadly started off with a visit to pediatric urgent care for Aaron as he had a knee wound that ended […]
Halloween Activities: Part 2
November 13th, 2025 by pleia2
I balanced these two Halloween posts poorly, I forgot how much we did this year! It was probably too much, but it really is my favorite time of year and taking the boys out on adventures where they get to run around outside is often easier than staying home. One evening after school we went […]
Halloween Activities: Part 1
November 11th, 2025 by pleia2
Autumn is my favorite time of year. Once my birthday concludes at the end of September it’s right into pumpkin spice and apple cider season. The weather cools down, walks become that much more enjoyable, and so many spooky activities to enjoy! Some years I enjoy a little horror film festival, which did a little […]
High Holy Days, sukkot, and visiting family
October 30th, 2025 by pleia2
The pandemic put a wrench in a lot of things, and one of those things for us was finding a new synagogue. When we lived in San Francisco, Sherith Israel was our home, but it’s simply too far away to visit regularly, and our life with kids in the east bay means we have less […]
Wallace and Gromit, MUNI Heritage Weekend, and Lego
October 22nd, 2025 by pleia2
A few weeks ago we had plans to go to LEGOLAND Discovery Center Bay Area, but then Aaron came home with a cold and fever, causing us to postpone our plans. This was a real bummer, but thankfully Adam and I had an alternative for that day: seeing Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit […]
Local Fall Festival and old-ish computers
September 18th, 2025 by pleia2
A few people have remarked recently about how activity-driven we are as a family. It’s true, we have a lot of adventures! But the fact is, we also spent 2.5 years at home during a pandemic when our children are little, so part of it is making up for lost time. Another part is that […]
Zara
September 16th, 2025 by pleia2
On Sunday, August 31st, we welcomed a new member of our family: Zara the cat! Our adventure to welcome a new cat has been in the works for a while. At first we weren’t ready, then life was just incredibly busy with life with two young children. But the desire to have a pet again […]
School begins! And August winds down.
August 29th, 2025 by pleia2
Our summer in Philadelphia was lovely, but we had to come back so the kids could start school in early August. It’s still surreal to me how early they start, but it was an exciting year for them, Aaron was finally joining elementary school as a Transitional Kindergartner (TK), and Adam was starting 1st Grade! […]