An Open Letter to My Dear Brother

Neal,

I just wanted to express how sorry I am that Mommy forgot to bring her gift to you. You don't know how sorry I am about this. Since this weeks parsha discusses Bal Tashchis, I feel that it is my duty to make sure that your gift is well taken care of.

And thank you!

Back to School!

Well, Monday was a special day in the Bauer household for two reasons.

1. It was Rosh Chodesh Elul
2. We changed our meal schedule to now have fleishigs for lunch
3. The boys went back to school

(And yes, this was the best picture I got of them, and if you were on Nachal Arugot on Monday morning, I was the guy trying to photograph my children)

Now don't ask me which was my favorite among those, as it's a difficult choice :o), however, we were supposed to have a "going back to school" party but we were to wiped out from vacation to have it.

Maybe after Succos?!