Скачать или смотреть 2023-02-06: Tu BiShvat Preschool Party 2023

Feb 6, 2023. Elliot age 4 years 9 months. Pre-K in the Blue Room at the Garden Preschool!

II made a video of Elliot convincing me to stay after the Tu Bishvat party for "circle time." At the party with Liam and Wellington. I am so fortunate that I can stay for these events. On the other hand, I would risk losing my job for them, I think. They are so precious and fleeting and won't come again. I hope that Elliot remembers how involved I was in his life at this age.

I stay for nearly every Shabbat service (Friday mornings in the gym). No other parent does that even though there is an open invitation for all of them. And Elliot loves it! It includes a 30-45 minute stay in his classroom before the gym. I did this last year, too, when he was in the Blue Room. And before that, we were not allowed into the school for a about a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Please stay with me," says Elliot
"You mean after the Tu Bishvat party you want me to stay?", I replied
"Yeah. Please stay for circle time, Daddy. Daddy, you can stay for circle time?"

I couldn't say no.

UPDATE 2026: Work suffered, but this is my priority. I’m glad I stayed for all of them!

Elliot asks who is Hashem and also about the Midnight Zone.