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4 mazel tov shout outs:
1. chaim and emma on thier enegagement. chavi wants a new dress. i dont know if she will be invited but she wants a new one regardless. do u think we can get her to be a flower girl? how much would she love that??
2. esther p on her first pair of shoes. ok, i dont know if that actually happened but it was about to go down when i last spoke to ma
3. my 2 older children for finally getting off the steps of my in laws pool and actually swimming [they were wearing floaties]
4. most importantly ta for surviving another visiting day without ma. spoke to him at 5:20 and he was just leaving and sounded wiped.