My day started pretty early.  Ben came up at 5 to tell me that he was sweaty and it was my fault b/c he hadn’t taken a shower the night before.  It was my fault b/c I left the heat on for them, bad mother that I am, and so he woke up all sweaty at 5.  At 5:30 Keren woke up, probably from the noise Ben was making in is room now that he had decided that it was morning.  I went down to get Keren and told Ben to go back to sleep (he was playing with the Leapster in his bed).  Of course the 2 of us didn’t go back to sleep!!

At 7:15 Talia came up and climbed into bed with us.  Ben came up shortly after.  I decided it was going to be a lazy morning and I stayed in bed a little while longer before getting up and getting them dressed and out.  By the time we got to school it was close to 9!

Keren and I hung out at home this morning.  I was too tired to move and so was she.  We watched TV and played with toys and then I fed her and put her in for an early nap.  I dragged myself into bed and slept for a little while too, though not as long as I had hoped. 

This afternoon I decided to give the kids a meat lunch.  My friend Ilana gives her kids meat lunches and then they don’t have a big dinner.  I decided to try it today b/c the kids have been coming home so famished and then they are eating the rest of the day or begging me to eat dinner really early.  So I made a big meat meal of sloppy joes and rice.  Ben came home and ate it.  Talia came home a little while later and said she wasn’t hungry b/c she ate 2 of her lunches at school today just before she came home b/c her teacher was absent, or something like that.  Of course! 

After Ben’s English and after I took Talia to her English, Keren, Ben and I went to the bagel store to pick up dinner and then spent the rest of the afternoon at the park next door.  Of course, while we were there,  Ben insisted that he was STARVING!!  So much for the meat for lunch theory of my friend.  We had a great time at the park despite the fact that I think we left Ben’s shirt there.  I’ll go back tomorrow and see if I can find it.

Side note about Keren:  I taught her last night to lay on her belly in the bath and she LOVES it!!  She is so cute.  Oy!  She hangs out in the bath now on her stomach and kicks her feet and is so content.