After a busy couple months, February was a bit slower and back to normal life for the Polland’s. We got to celebrate Elle’s special shabbat at school which was definitely a big highlight!

We started off the year with a very busy month! We began still in Cleveland enjoying our visit. Had a visits from almost all our family, first Polland grandparents and then Stoloff family came with a little time for Kaufman grandparents too.

We had a wonderful last month of the year! The girls celebrated Hanukkah, enjoyed their first Disney on Ice show and took a long trip to Cleveland!

We started off the month celebrating Bree’s 1st birthday! Then we got to end with a trip to Houston for Thanksgiving. The girls are having a great time playing more together now that Bree can really engage with Elle.

October was a VERY busy month for the Polland’s. We had lots of fun activities, a trip to Houston for Ben’s Bar Mitzvah, Phoenix for Micah’s birthday and then family back in LA to celebrate Bree’s naming at the synagogue and her first birthday!

This month Elle got to start back at school, which she was very excited about and Bree started a music class at the temple, My Gym and getting…

August was a very busy month! We started out celebrating Elle’s 3rd birthday. She had almost all of her family in town to help celebrate with her! Then we had a couple weeks off from camp and school and took a trip to Phoenix to visit the Stoloff’s. Bree started moving a bit, not quite crawling but scooting and its opened up a whole new world for her. It was a very fun and busy month!

Now that Bree is 8 months old she’s really starting to enjoy playing and discovering new things. Elle’s enjoying summer camp and we had a great trip to Cleveland for a week.

We had a fun month, starting with a visit from Grandma and Gramps. Then we went on a vacation (next post). Elle had her last day of preschool and started camp.