Spring Break Activities

The boys were out of school for 2 1/2 weeks for Passover vacation. Nice and long. (Did I mention it was looonnng?) We did take the opportunity for some family fun days.

Here, the boys enjoy their breakfast smoothie in our courtyard.

One day we went for an outing to the mall to get Chaim's glasses. The mall is always an exciting adventure for the kiddos, as they don't get out much. Since it was vacation time, they had a big bounce-house activity area set up, and the 3 bigger guys had an absolute blast. The pictures didn't come out so well (all that motion), so you'll just have to imagine it.

After that, we had a nice picnic lunch at a park that had a big monster slide. The monster had 3 tongues, each of which was a slide--and I mean a steep, fast, real slide. This one was not for the wimpy. (That's Eli going down the one on the far right). Of course, it was a fun day for all. And little Yoni ate his first real meat. See him here sucking on a chicken bone (I couldn't get it away from him). He loved it!

On another day we took a family hike in the mountains, just 5 minutes away from our home. It was a beautiful spring day. Yoni was a trooper going for a ride on Abba's back; he just fell asleep when he was tired and never complained. He really is a wonderful baby.

Pesach

Here are some photos from our Seder night. We had plenty of delicious lamb--see Chaim holding and carving it.

At the first Passsover, the Israelites were told to not let any of the lamb be left until morning. We have adopted this tradition of not enjoying leftovers (of lamb) after that night. So here I am, after midnight, nibbling a delicious piece. The dogs were quite delighted with the scraps, which were plentiful.

Moshe asks the 4 Questions (in Hebrew)

Our Passover seder was lovely. We had 6 adults and 9 children altogether, and converted our living room into a dining room (we've enjoyed it so much that it's still there...but I miss my living room. Time to put things back). I only gave Moshe 1 day to practice his 4 questions, but he did a fantastic job and we were very proud of him.

Come join us next year....in Jerusalem!

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child...

Yoni is really starting to mimic actions. Yesterday I was working with these planter boxes, and he wanted to help, so I got him his own shovel, and he had a blast..

He also graduated to the big bathtub. Here he is greatly enjoying his first bath with the big guys.

Our Eli decided to play with a paperclip and bend it. Then he decided to put it in his mouth and play around, and somehow stuck it between his teeth (and couldn't get it out). It didn't hurt, but it sure scared him, and like any good parent, we had to take a picture before we removed it (trying not to laugh!) The Bible says that "Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child"

And Zach had fun sitting up high here, pretending to be the king of the world.

Shabbat Shalom from our home to yours.

Best of March Photos

Let's see...what's happening:

Moshe and his Dad had a nice Father/Son date for a hike in the mountains. Moshe took this picture of Chaim--not bad!

The weeds are at least waist-high around here. I've been pulling many by hand around the actual "garden" area; the rest will have to be cut by machine. Hurray for spring! We can see new blossoms and buds everywhere.

The boys have a break now for over 2 weeks. So far they are all content to spend lots of time outside, near the house. I'm so glad we have enough space for them to enjoy themselves, and they are big enough to go off and play alone. Yoni has to stay close, but he loves the outside as well, and I usually have to go off and chase him to get him back.

Here he is enjoying spaghetti. You should have heard the yummy slurpy noises that accompanied.

That's all for now. More soon!

Yoni Video

Ok, our first video post. It's pretty easy to shoot short videos on our digital camera, so I will try to do it more often so that you can see the little guys in action.