Jere just left and it’s already after 9pm so I am going to try to make this one a fast one.    I can’t even remember what happened yesterday so I’m just going to skip it.

We are still waiting (on shpilkes) for the results of the michraz so we know if we’ve won the land or not.  We check our mail 2x a day, we used to check it once a month.

Today Eric and Keren went to the dermatologist.  Eric had his wart burned off (finally!!) and Keren has something on her arm that wound up to be a type of wart also and quite contagious, he said.  So now I am fully expecting Talia and Ben, who do take turns bathing with her once a week, to catch them.  Luckily, they don’t bother her at all and they will just go away on their own.  The look like little puss-filled blisters on the inside of her arm (or, as my brother would have referred to it, her “elbow pit”.

The kids had their English chug today.  Ben finished learning all the letters in the alphabet and will now start to read.  He is already reading words like pop and mom, etc.  I am excited.  Talia, meanwhile, is reading everything that she sees.  If there is a word hanging around, she tries to read it.  She still isn’t great but tonight she sounded out the word emergency.  I was proud.

After their chugim Talia continued on to gymnastics.  She told me she is almost at the point where she can do a full split.  She tries so hard!! Ben’s friend’s grandmother called me and told me that her grandson was asking for a play date today with Ben.  It is his friend Or who he likes to play with.  So I brought him to his grandmother’s house and they played from 3:30 to 5:30.  It was a great play date.  The grandmother said the boys played outside, played cards inside, etc.  Ben came home and said she gave them hot water with mint and sugar and some cookies!  Such an Israeli play date.  He was quite happy.  Big difference from the play date he went to yesterday where they sat in front of the computer watching TV the ENTIRE time he was there!  He is not going back to that kid’s house again!

Tomorrow Eric has ulpan and Keren and I will do our shopping and then go to the playground.  Today was chilly for the first time in a really long time.  I am hoping tomorrow will be playground weather.  We haven’t been there in a while and I miss it and I know Keren does to.