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Elish is a big boy!

Elish recites the Aleph Bet and gets a haircut

Thanks to Dan Rosen who captured this on video.

Videos fom Upsherin

The videos from the upsherin available on youtube. I still have one more to post

Intro video



Sappy slide show


Hair slide show

Elish- after the haircut

Upsherin! (part 1)

Elish plays with his friends and watches the video slide-show













Elish getting ready to get his hair cut















Savta and Saba take their turn cutting Elish's hair














Elish gives tzedaka during his upsherin - he likes this mitzvah!

Back in NY...we'll miss you QM2!

Queen Mary 2

Family Photos

Elish loves to cruise!

Formal nights on the QM2

Elish played hard on the cruise!

Daycare with the nannies was a lot of fun - the room had terrific toys, including a barn with animals that Elish loved.









Elish was so tired one evening that he fell asleep....with a bagel in his mouth!





Wow, Elish looks like such a big boy in his formal outfit! We posed for a lot of portraits.

Views of the Queen Mary - outside and In

These Scenic views were taken on St. Lucia.












Here, you can see the arch over the water - this was used in scenes in the film "The Pirates of the Carribean: The Black Pearl"









Here's some views from the inside of the dining room on the Queen Mary - mealtimes with Elish were always interesting....

Nice Views from St. Kitts

Zip Lining!

Daniel and I went zip-lining in the rainforest in St. Lucia - what a great time we had! (and a nice view on the drive around the island too)

More Cruise Pictures

Elish and I enjoyed some lovely times on the beach. This was on St. Kitts, where we were enjoyed calm waters and a beautiful day. Elish got his hair braided, and Daniel and I got massages.








We enjoyed dressing up in the evenings for dinner - this was on a casual night (you can tell because Daniel didn't have to wear a tie, only a jacket). This dressing-up thing is nice!








Elish loved his days in the daycare program with the Nannies. Every night when we picked him up, he was fast asleep. Playing is hard work!

Elish Pics from our Cruise

This was a very funny image from our first port of call in Tortola. We got to the beach and it started to rain. Elish didn't want to get wet from the rain (even though he'd just swam in the water).
Elish slept very well on the cruise. He had a bunk-bed above our beds.

He also enjoyed the bed when awake (you can see the braid in his hair in front of his face - a souvenir from the beach).






































This was a glass-bottom boat that we went on in Barbados. Daniel and I were able to swim with the turtles, tunas, and snorkel over a sunken ship while Elish stayed with the captain and munched on crackers. We all had a lot of fun.

Elish Class pictures

We are not sure if we are going to keep the portrait. We will see how the reshoot goes.