The final weeks we were in California before heading to Philadelphia for the rest of the summer was spent cherry picking, going on a safari, and checking out a local beach! But first we had a visit to the vet with Zara. She’s been doing great! But hadn’t been to the vet since concluding her […]
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Kicking off California Summer
June 22nd, 2026 by pleia2
I returned from the Open Source Summit just in time for Memorial Day weekend, which was also the beginning of the last week of school for the boys before summer break. Saturday of Memorial Day weekend was spent doing errands, but one of those errands was going to REI and buying a couple cots that […]
Space, t-ball, fire and making a bunch of holes in the wall
May 13th, 2026 by pleia2
We’ve had busy kiddo schedules lately. Aaron has t-ball practice on Monday evening and games on Saturday morning. Both boys have swim class every Tuesday evening and religious school every Sunday morning. I know it doesn’t sound like a lot, but after a full week of work/school, having weekly obligations like this (which also include […]
Spring break and Passover in Philly
April 15th, 2026 by pleia2
At the end of March we all hopped on a plane to head to Philadelphia for an extended (2 week) spring break! We flew out on Friday, so we were able to attend a birthday for their cousin Sam. The birthday party took place at an large indoor playground with all kinds of fun stuff […]
CPOSC 0x10
March 31st, 2026 by pleia2
This past Saturday MJ and I piled the boys into the van for a 90 minute drive out to Lancaster for the Central Pennsylvania Open Source Conference (CPOSC), which was celebrating it’s 16th annual-ish event (hence, 0x10). It was my fourth time attending this event, having been in 2009 before I moved out to California, […]
Purim, T-Ball, and Lego
March 17th, 2026 by pleia2
March began with the observance of Purim. Purim tells the story of Queen Esther saving her fellow Jewish people from a genocidal plot by the King’s evil advisor. Hooray! In modern days, Jewish people in the US celebrate by making Hamantaschen, something we’ve been doing for several years now, and my attending costume parties and […]
Flora and family in February
March 10th, 2026 by pleia2
We kicked off February began by observing Tu B’shevat with the synagogue we recently joined, along with getting the boys started in Religious Sunday School. For Tu B’shevat everyone got together to plant a grape vine, which is added to a row of others they’ve planted in previous years. In the weeks since there’s been […]
Adam is 7 years old!
January 22nd, 2026 by pleia2
There’s this quote you hear a lot when you become a parent and you’re in the thick of changing diapers and fighting insomnia: “The days are long, but the years are short.” As I think about our first child turning seven years old, I really feel that. How can seven years have passed already? But […]
Winter holidays in Philly
January 11th, 2026 by pleia2
We spent three weeks in Philly over the winter holidays. I already wrote about our bi-coastal Hanukkah which was definitely a highlight of our trip, but the fun really began the night we arrived and the boys got to enjoy a few minutes playing in the snow. We wouldn’t normally indulge in a nighttime snow […]
Bi-coastal Hanukkah 5786 (2025)
January 7th, 2026 by pleia2
Over the winter holiday break, we came out to our townhouse in Philadelphia to spend a bunch of time with family. It just so happened that the timing of our trip meant that we’d celebrate half of Hanukkah in California, and half in Pennsylvania. In some ways this was fun, but as the parent in […]