Allah is NOT a Mouse!

The kids have a Saba Tuvya DVD fdepicting various stages of the history of the state. They watched it today for Yom Ha'atzmaut.

One of the skits is about the pioneers having to complete a building overnight, because the law states that a structure with a roof cannot be destroyed/demolished. Within the skit are two Arab characters trying to puzzle out how these Jews managed to get their hands on so much building material and erect a complete building when at dusk there had been NOTHING there. (To be fair, the British are made fun of similarly, when the army captain can't find the building on a map, and is "astonished".)

Anyway, on seeing these two Arab guys on the screen, my politically left-wing bleeding heart DH made a comment something like "Allahoo akhbar" (Allah is great), which Emmanuel Tzvi heard as "Allahoo achbar" (Allah is a mouse). And promptly replied:
"Allah lo achbar"
"Allah chatool"

We are pacifier free!

And have been since erev Pesach. The daycare looked at me slightly askance yesterday when I brought Shai back without one, but too darn bad. After a week + without it I'm not about to reintroduce it. I just figured it would be an easier "battle" to win than the toilet training one, and if there's a relapse when baby arrives it will be easier to deal with that too.

Chol hamoed was quiet. Gilla took the boys to the zoo on Wednesday, so Kopul and I had the day to ourselves. We napped and took care of some stuff around the house. Booooooooring. But necessary.

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