Chanukah, Chanukah...Part One

Emmanuel Tzvi's party:

Better Late than Never -- Shai's Birthday Pictures

Coming soon...

Chanukah!

Pics from Emmanuel Tzvi's party (Friday) and Shai's (coming up on Tuesday). Eema just has to get them off the camera...Look for them Wednesday or Thursday.

Back to School

T'was the night before school started


And the only thing that smarted


Was Emmanuel Tzvi's back


From his bag that had to be carted...





Sigh, he insisted on going to bed with it (and a pair of shoes that I'm not sure where they came from because I never bought such things)...

Wow...it's been a while

The kids' new furniture...it wasn't supposed to have arrived yet.

Closet - 160cm. The left-hand door has hanging space; the middle doors are shelving; the right-hand door is shelving, but they drilled the holes for hanging space for when everyone gets older and has Shabbat shirts...

Bed - the top. I forgot that Emmanuel Tzvi would be able to climb up from the lower bed... The current plan is to leave ET on the bottom while we do the transfer with Shai; when they can both sleep without falling off we'll put the bar across on the top one and turn the bottom one so the high side is not against the wall, and we'll move everyone to their new beds. (Chana came to play this afternoon.)

Emmanuel Tzvi's new clock with this year's photo:

Yom Ha'Atzmaut

This is very photo heavy, so I'm going to load them up smaller than usual.

Breakfast:

Getting out the barbeque:

After the barbeque at Shevi & Yisrael's:

As promised

Pesach Round-Up

Day 1...erev erev Pesach...Tuesday:
Photo Doron (Jerusalem)
Canadian Consulate (Tel Aviv)
IKEA (Netanya)
Back to Jerusalem to deliver something & get eggs.
Home.
Conk.

Day 2...erev Pesach
Birkat haChama
Biur Chametz
Now what? Time to kill before lunch.
"Lunch" (eggs, I think)
Naps
Showers & Baths
Set table
Try to convince Emmanuel Tzvi he doesn't want to go to shul with Abba.
Bed (for the kids)
Finish setting table
Bed (for me)
Seder
Bed (again)

Day 3...Yom Tov
Get up too early.
Shul
Naps
Lunch
More naps
Park
Supper
Bed (for kids)
Dishes
Bed (for adults)

Day 4...chol hamoed...erev Shabbat
Gym (oops, it's closed)
Errands
Pack for Shabbat
Lunch
Naps
Finish packing
Get on the road
Get ready at hosts'
Dinner
Bed

Day 5...Shabbat
Breakfast @ hosts'
Shul
Lunch
Park (nap for Eema)
Nap for Shai
Back to park to look for lost pacifier
Supper
PJs
Havdalah
Home
Bed

Day 6...Sunday
Neot Kedumim with Steven, Rebecca, and gang
Discover not allowed to barbecue (that was lunch)...good thing we have chopped veggies
Activity
Back to Steven & Rebecca's for the barbecue
Home
Conk

Day 7...Monday
Lazy morning
Run errands with a few friends
Lunch (including drop in guest)
Birthday party in Park Ayalon (near Latrun)
Nasty traffic
Home
Conk

Day 8...Tuesday...erev Chag (again)
Lazy morning
Dishes
Showers/baths & dressed
Pack for yom tov
Bake banana "cake"
Lunch
More dishes
Park
Naps
Drive to Grandma's
Debate on whether or not yizkor should be said
Yom Tov supper
Bed (Eema 1st)

Day 9...Chag
Early morning
Breakfast (x2)
Park
Nap (Shai)
Conk (ET)
Walk to Shlomo Dov & Surale's for lunch
Make a huge mess with the cousins
Walk home
Supper
PJs
Havdalah
Home
Conk (but first, a load of laundry, and take apart the kitchen)

Day 10...Thursday
Back to work & daycare...thank G-d!

Super Tigger?

Birthday

Cake #1



Cake #2

Echad, Two, Shalosh!

They say that you can tell a person's mother tongue by what language he or she counts in. That it doesn't matter how fluent you are in a 2nd language, you'll always revert to count. I wonder what they would do with Emmanuel Tzvi?

Achat
Two
Shalosh
Arba'a
Chamesh
Six!

It's a girl!

Emma did not make it to the unveiling this morning. She was the shloshim siyyum last night, although it's questionable whether she should have been. Baby was born sometime after 10:30, but before midnight, so she does not share her grandmother's birthday.

Chanukah (very pic heavy)

I think Daddy would be very proud of Emmanuel's shirt.

And for good measure: