..gettin my lacrosse game on at the JCC gym.

 

 

Last month, I went to visit my cousin Lily in her new apartment, which is so well-decorated.  Leave it to my cousin to design the coolest apartment in the city!

After touring her place, Lily took me out for pizza at Patsy's, which is right around the corner from the apartment.  This restaurant serves some of the best pizza in the city, and this location is the original Patsy's.  It certainly gives Pizza Mercato a run for its money..

Hi everyone!  Happy new year! It's been a very long time since I have updated my blog.  About three weeks ago, I had a "crisis" and was feeling really icky and I had to go to the hospital and stay in the ICU for four days.  Thankfully, by the end of my stay I was feeling better, thanks to everyone who visited me.  When I got out of the hospital on Friday (two weeks ago), Steffi from JCC Connections came to visit me and she brought me balloons, flowers, and a whole bunch of get-well cards from everyone at Connections.  It was so sweet!

Steffi and Me:

Steffi and Zac:

I am feeling so much better these days and now I am ready to start off my new year, healthy and happy! I'm also really excited because next Wednesday is my birthday and I will be 23 years old.  This Sunday, I'm having a birthday party and I can't wait to see all my friends and family.  It's going to be a great weekend. 🙂

Over the holidays I went up to New Jersey for Christmas/Hanukah to see my dad's side of the family which was a lot of fun.  Then for the new year we went up to conneticut to visit my grandfather and my cousins on my mom's side and we exchanged presents and had a great timeI  On the third night of Hanukah we had a Sam's club, and so many of my favorite people came over for latkes.

These past few months, I participated at a SKILLS program with Daytime Moon Productions.  Our group wrote a play about camp and we got to perform it in front of our family and friends.  It was so much fun! I played a girl named Kelly who was really nervous about going away for the first time to camp.  (It wasn't hard to act because when I went away for the first time to Camp Simcha, I was also nervous.)

 

 

Before the winter vacation, our Connections group met up for a holiday celebration!

Here is our secret santa exchange

 

This is our friendship circle

The guys in gym class

Playing "Bowling"

Making art projects

Making latkes

Making jewerly

 

A few weeks ago I performed another solo at DMF rehearsal.  I sang "Tearin up my heart" by N'Sync. It was fun to sing.

 

This past Sunday our vocal class performed at the Daniel's Music Foundation Winter concert.   We sang "All-Star" by Smashmouth.  Everyone did so great!  All of our hard work really paid off.

 

Here is me and my cousin Lily after my concert

Bowlmore Lanes!

 

 

Concert!

 

We celebrated Thanksgiving at the JCC…

 

..With a yummy potluck feast!

I brought a sweet potato dish.

It was a hit!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 What I Am Thankful For This Year:

– I'm thankful for my family and friends

– I'm thankful for my parakeet Charlie

. I'm thankful for my cousins and my aunt

.  I'm thankful for my parents and my grandparents

.  I'm thankful for my favorite foods, movies, and t.v. shows

.  I'm thankful for my favorite music and celebrities

–  I'm very thankful for my dotors

.  I'm thankful for all my health aids

I spent the actual Thanksgiving in Connecticut with my whole family!

In Conneticut I got to meet my new cousin Ari, and we had a huge meal that was delicious.  

 

 

 

 

A few weeks ago I sang a solo at Daniel's Music Foundation. Below are the videos of me singing "Without Love" from the movie Hairspray.

Here is the first part:

 

And here is the second part:

 

 

 Below are some of the nice comments I got from the class: