
RadWagon-ing

Fayfessels in Atlanta
In pyjamas
Misha loves helping his mom and dad make coffee every morning
Even though there’s only one chicken left at the Fayfessel house hold, Misha still likes to play with them (and thankfully Sherlock does not)
Helena’s new soccer program in Decatur
Helena enjoys her after-care program at the Jewish Kid’s Group
Carry a big stick
Helena saw “Click, Clack, Moo” and loved it. Afterwards she got to make her own puppet
Misha has figured out the motion to bike and is happily riding his tricycle
Another fun ski vacation in the books. Helena is starting to pick up snowboarding, but still needs some more time to get off the bunny slopes
Vermont winter break- hard to leave Atl on an unusually warm winter day but a maple creamy at Palmer’s Sugarhouse
Helena likes school suite a bit! it’s grown on her throughout the year, although she’s not excited every day
Helena loves climbing trees. This one is at the Ormond Park playground next to the house.
Helena still remembers but is a little bit rusty
Misha’s language continues to expand https://youtu.be/4jZw0vlUeV8
But sometimes he still likes to be a parrot
Helena learned how to ride a bike today
The kids went to Chastain Playground as well, one of the best playgrounds in Atlanta
Helena’s first successful ascent and descent of one of Atlanta’s only natural features (unassisted). Misha did over a half a mile of climbing himself before he jumped in the carrier
Helena has started to turn a corner with Misha. Sibling hood is still not easy but sometimes Helena thinks of Misha as a friend. Both also often call Mom Maya.
One year ago Helena was just learning to do monkey bars
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Now:
And new bunk beds! https://youtu.be/0PkFXzpV4m4
Misha’s language continues to blossom and is now speaking in short sentences
Misha is on school break (as is Helena ) so both are back to some of their former summer childcare places
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Helena loves gymnastics and wants to go every day
Misha learning different languages !
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The infamous Sunday morning starlight drive in theatre market
And getting ready for Chanukah
Longest slide in Boston! Helena has no fear!
Thanksgiving prep ans vacation underway in Boston, Misha and Helena braved the cold and rediscovered their northern roots
Neigbor friends just hanging out At the neighborhood rooftop bar
Atlanta’s best festival was back on a cool, crisp autumn day that was perfect for chili. The family also met Andre Dickens, contender for the run-off for Atlanta mayor, on the way to the event.
Helena just finished reading (being read to) Charlotte’s web. It mostly held her attention and raised a lot of questions about life and death. Success on the whole
Helena is almost there but needs some more practice and confidence for no training wheels. In practice here:
Helena and misha can both understand French and Russian fairly well. Misha say’s a few words in French and in Russian as Helena used to but Helena is normally unwilling to say words in the languages she’s learning.
Busy day today – Helena had a friend’s birthday after soccer moms in the morning, then straight to a children’s parade with Misha and the Grant Park kids network. The kids wen to the playground before going to neighbor’s party. Friends joined back at the home front for a pizza dinner, Ormond trick-or-treat was crazy as usual and then the night finished off back at the neighbor’s with a late night swim and bonfire party
And an ok’ timely photo for missletoe state park
Misha and Helena so far are fans of camping but on misha’s third trip this time the night time was rough
At the new playground in Vine City there are lots of climbing opportunities
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Helena’s twice/week after care program in Decatur
Helena was into it for a few min and even Misha wanted to try this classic
Everyone’s favorite
As Misha calls her (or sometimes dad maya )
A virtual safari on the Atlanta Beltline. Both Helena and Misha enjoyed the experience
The doctor asked if misha was saying 30-50 words by now and after brainstorming, he is definitely way over that. He is starting to make short sentences. Here’s the brainstorm
October 2021
At JKG
Misha copies everything his big sister does. The latest potty training technique is taking turns going pee-pee
A rare meet up in dad’s workplace city this past weekend
Both Helena and Misha seem to really like camping even though they’ve only done it a handful of times. The family traveled to a nearby site recently (within an hour of atl) and the trip was highly successful.
After some time traveling the Fayfessels resumed normal life with misha feeding the chickens