Grandma Sadie & Basketball

No, Grandma Sadie & Basketball are not really related, I'm just writing about last week...

First of all lets talk about our LA trip to say goodbye to the Fabulous Grandma Sadie: Flying with a 2 year old isn't supposed to be fun - but it was. He was happy and entertained the crowd at the airport with spins and singing (babble) and somersaults (the only 2 year old I've seen who can even do a somersault) and was a complete joy. I think half the people waiting for our flights wanted to put him in their pocket and take him home.

Sadie's "Goodbye Party", as we called it for Skyler's sake, was beautiful. But you cant try to explain death to a 2 year old; if you say she went to heaven he'll say "me go too mommy" because he wants to see her (he asked "why?" 100 times and we just told him that she was 93 and, well, it was time for her to go...) The funeral was at Mount Sinai and the weather cleared to a beautiful sunny day just for her. All of her children (family and friends) got up and said the most wonderful things about the intelligent, caring, kooky and fabulous Sadie Wernick Hurwitz. [I'm relying on all of those that spoke to add their comments! I cannot say what you said, or tell the stories that you told like you can, and Skyler will read this in the future and will want to know, so please add to this blog!!]. Skyler was so great, he sat quietly through the service (quiet for a 2 year old) and because we explained that people might be crying at 'the party' he understood how to behave and didn't get upset.

After the service we went to the gravesite and Skyler threw dirt on her casket just like all of the adults (a kiddy favorite!) and he picked flowers from the beautiful arrangements (honestly, the most stunning flowers!) and tossed those on to her casket as well. She was buried next to Grandpa Vic on a hill with a view of the valley.

Next was the party at Uncle Richard and Aunt Marcia's house. Skyler's first day with no nap (YIKES!). He had fun running around from one part of the house to another, delighting with his silliness and visiting with different groups of people - a nice break for mom & dad - and he liked the idea of having two big dogs licking his face, he was just a little too afraid of them to really enjoy it. He was great through most of it, but it was one of those rare chances to get pictures with family and friends that we do not see all of the time and after awhile he was over all the fuss and pictures (if you were in the arms of the beautiful Nicollette Sheridan and she was cooing in your ear, wouldn't you be smiling??) but I suspect that was due to the serious lack of nap and not the company. Sadie would have loved that party and it was a beautiful way to spend the day saying goodbye to her. We were proud to be part of the family that she created.

Now to the basketball: we came home to gloomy rainy weather and what do you do with a bouncy two year old in the rain? You can only go outside and splash in puddles for a little while or you'll all get wet and sick, so after dinner we went to Toy's R Us where you can run up and down the aisles, bounce in the giant Sponge Bob inflatable jumper and look at all of the toys you see on TV but your parents would never buy you - it's like and amusement park for a toddler. We picked up a mini basketball set. It's about 4 feet tall with a little hoop on a stand and comes with a mini basketball (badaball as Sky says). We set it up in our garage and played all weekend. Skyler can now catch, throw and make baskets (Blogs are hard, I feel like I'm boasting about him and I'm really just saying what happened!) and it helped to kill time on our pouring rain weekend.

Bye for now.