I started this blog when my seventh child was just a few months old, almost thirteen years ago, so most readers don’t know he was born a week before Pesach!
We had his shalom zachor on Shabbos Hagadol (the Shabbos before Passover) and his bris was the first day of Pesach. (That was followed by a brother who had a bris erev Rosh Hashana, and the next brother having a bris on erev Shavuos! Yep, we do holidays right! :))
For those who are curious about how we managed that, my amazing oldest two daughters who were at the time 11 and 9.5 came into my room when he was about a few hours old on Thursday evening holding a notebook, and asked me about what recipes they should prepare for the shalom zachor the next night. (We had fortunately turned our kitchen over for Pesach just the day before.)
They baked everything, together with ds12. Really. And those who attended were so impressed that a year later when they sold home-baked Pesach cakes and kugels, they had a ready clientele who remembered the things they had made a year before!
Together with dh, the oldest three kids also prepared all the food for the bris, which was held in our home. Yep, they were amazing!
Back to the present. I’ve known for all these years that we would have a very busy bar mitzva season for this son due to it coming so close to Pesach. And here we are – it’s around the corner!
(And this season will be even busier than I was anticipating all these years, since our oldest daughter is due five days before his bar mitzva! Like I said, we do holidays right!!)
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A boy puts on tefillin for the first time a month before his bar mitzva; dh and ds12 went to our shul accompanied by ds11 and ds9.
A number of people in real life have commented that he’s on the tall side for a bar mitzva boy. Yes, he is! So far all our oldest three boys have been about 5′ 8″ at their bar mitzvas and pass me in height (I’m 5’9″) the year after, and ds12 is following in their footsteps. More important than physical height is that he continue to grow emotionally and spiritually in a healthy and balanced way!
Avivah
I must of been following your blog since the beginning at least 12 years. Last year I did an erev Pesach baby so totally with you. Thanks for your inspirational blog. Probably the only one I followed for so long Mazel Tov
It’s very humbling for me to hear about readers who have been here for such a long time and with such consistency. Thank you for your presence! It’s because of people like you that I’ve been encouraged to continue to blog for so long. (Just curious – how did you find my blog in the first place?)
And thank you for the mazel tov, too. 🙂
Mazel Tov! Only simchos and nachas!
Thank you, Kaila!
Mazel tov! May you go from simcha, to simcha!
Amen, thank you, Rachelli!
Mazal tov!! The best kind of busy is busy with simchas!
Yes, absolutely, Y!
Mazel tov! Purim Sameach and just keep on doing the holidays right!
Mazal tov! May you continue to have much nachas from your children!
Mazal tov! I found it so touching to hear how your 2 daughters took such responsibility, and helped so much when they were so young! Wow!
And now they are both mommies,is that right ?
Yes, they were definitely prepared for married life! Plenty of opportunities throughout the years to practice all those homemaking skills.