For the past few years Rick and Alex have been coming up from LA to visit for a weekend a few times a year. We grew up with Ricky, spent Christmases baking cookies with his mom, spent hours playing on an old wooden playset in the backyard with his dad, and spent countless hours looking at feathers, sliding down the stairs in sleeping bags, and running around the house with Ricky and his sister Katharine. Ricky no longer goes by Ricky, he is now Rick. It was hard for me to accept Rick as a grown up, since I have an imagine of him at age 4 that has stuck with me for over 20 years. I have come to really know Rick and his soon to be wife Alex over the past several years. They visit us from LA a few times a year, come for Thanksgiving, and we consider them family. When they are here they spend hours and hours playing with my kids, what else does a mother need? They make parachutes with the scarves, come for birthday parties, play with cars, run around the backyard, act silly, bake pies, talk jeans, and have fun. Thank you Rick and Alex for joining our family, for loving my mom as much as you do, and mostly for loving my kids as if they were your own. I am so excited to celebrate with you on the day of your wedding, look forward to you relocating here, and helping in any way that I can with your future children. When Rick and Alex come to town here is what you will find my kids doing:
you will find Charlie flying through the air
or playing a mean game of chase
you may even find Kate trying to tackle Ricky
and Charlie doing crazy jumps and flips over his back
you may find a good ole game of leap frog
or a competitive game of baseball
if you are lucky you'll catch Rick jumping over Charlie in an effort to escape during a wild game of chase.
you will find me with my hands free since these guys have everything under control
What you will always see if you visit while Alex and Ricky are here is something like this: My kids spending every second they can being loved by a few honorary Berkowitzes.....
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Yay! I love all of these pictures and moments you captured, especially the top one where Char looks STOKED to be sitting by Ricky! :) We love you guys.
Your Ode to Rick and Alex was a jewel--and your children equally dazzling. I have to say Rick and Alex continue to keep me entertained, too, although with less frocklicking in the yard and more games, cooking, and general humor. It's all good, isn't it? And that brings me to the question of how one becomes an honorary member of the Berkowitz family. I knew I wanted in the first time I met your mom and dad. Please consider this an official request. I can provide references. Patti (Alex's mom)
You put a huge smile on my face Patti, consider yourself an honorary Berkowitz, but I will make it official after consulting my parents when they return from their trip.
PS I love your daughter!
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