Shara Gillespie

Last night we went to school and got Shara's trumpet! She was so excited and could make some great sounds with it. We all took a turn and she was the best. A real natural!

Schools been going very well. She's still happy with her teacher and other than the annoying boy who keeps talking, even at inappropriate times, she likes her class.

Last weekend we spent a nice day with Bubbe. We went to shul for Yom Kippur and then a quick trip to Gershon's for a bit of lunch. It really was a quick trip and even though the day was gorgeous, we had to drive because we were in a bit of a hurry. Bubbe didn't really want us to leave the service but Shara really wanted to continue our tradition and then the rabbi spoke about how important it was for people to have nice memories of their shul and religious traditions, I figured he was speaking to me and I needed to make sure Shara looked back on Yom Kippur with happy memories. What could be more happy than going to Gershon's? The rest of the day was pretty nice too. We picked up the bagels and headed back to Bubbe's where we helped clean and get ready for everyone coming over to break the fast. This is another good source for happy, though a bit crazy, memories. It was chaotic but we were able to spend some good times with family and Shara really seems to have a way with little kids. She played hide and seek with Holly and tried to keep the running under control, but realized how difficult a task it was and we pretty much gave up and just gave a lot of hugs and big smiles.

Big Time Concert

Last night Shara and a friend from school had a fun time at the Victoria Justice/Big Time Rush concert. Victoria Justice was much more enjoyable since we didn't have to deal with the blood-curdling scream of this girl behind us. Nice that the adult with them didn't care that it was bothering us so much - I actually had to say it was so loud it hurt. Oh well, eardrums heal! Anyway, all happy in the end, but Shara will freak when her ears are still ringing today like mine are.

A sea of pink!, but we used the buddy system and on the way out, all held hands. And only one wrong turn to get to the car.

First Grown-up Concert!

Last night Shara had her first real concert experience. I took her to see Further at McCoy Stadium. We met our friend Kathy and her kids there. A kid got in free with an adult ticket and there were several there, but it certainly wasn't a kiddie show! We get to the main parking lot and Shara says, "these people think it's Wacky Wednesday, Thursday too!", or something like that. At AFY it was Wacky Wednesday, Thursday and she had on a boy's shirt and had her hair in a unicorn horn.


The best part of the concert for her was the orange soda I let her have for dessert, but we had a good time dancing too. We started in the bleachers, then took a walk because she was bored, then back to our seats, then another walk down to the field where we got to the far side of the rave-like center. By then it was getting dark and the glow sticks started to come out and we danced and grooved until it felt like time to head back to the main-land so we could get out before the crowds started pushing to the one exit from the field. Kathy was basically on the same schedule and she did a great job leading the way off the field, through the dancing crowd! We left right after and I felt we were super-smart because there was no traffic - we walked to the car, got in and about a 1/2 hour later were home. We would have been sitting in traffic for an hour had we not missed a few songs, though I would have liked to have heard Sugar Magnolia/Sunshine Daydream. Great time and so glad to have shared that experience.