Had another lousy night sleep last night.  I just started a good book by Nelson Demille and I couldn’t put it down.  I wound up reading until 12 but then didn’t have such a great sleep afterwards.  Oh well. 

This morning it was quite cold out but not raining so Ben rode his bike to school and Talia wound up walking with a friend.  When we came home Keren and I hung out for pretty much the whole morning at home.  I decided that I wanted to make baked ziti for dinner so we ran out later in the morning to get what I needed.  The makolet didn’t have everything I needed so we went to Kiriat Sefer and got the rest.  I bought Keren a ball that she asked for and then we went to the park that’s there to play a little.  The wind was whipping around and I finally got too cold to stay there any longer.  I carried a very sad Keren back to the car.  She was happy to stay and play but it was cold and it was late.

This afternoon the kids had their English chugim and Talia also had gymnastics.  I basically spent the afternoon shuttling the kids around and baking with Ben.  We made 2 more desserts for the kiddush on Shabbat.  I don’t know if I’ve mentioned yet that it’s Eric’s turn this week to bring the kiddush so I am baking for it.  We also made challot for Shabbat. 

I have to mention the funniest thing that Jere told me recently.  She was walking with Ben one Shabbat and she said something about being fat.  He told her that “you aren’t fat, just your hips and your arms are fat!”  She got a kick out of it (luckily) and I just think it’s the funniest thing ever!!

Talia went to sleep tonight with a shower cap on her head.  Usually that means that they have lice and I’ve put conditioner on their heads with a shower cap.  Luckily, not this time.  Talia decided that she wanted  to put a bunch of ponytails in her hair and she didn’t want it to get ruined before school tomorrow.  So she spent about an hour doing her hair tonight and then put a shower cap on her head in the hopes that she’ll wake up with her hair looking perfect.  Good luck to all tomorrow morning when she wakes up and has to redo her hair again.  I am praying she is satisfied with it when she wakes up but I do not have a good feeling about this one!

Keren has a bit of a cold and she keeps sneezing and then asking me for a “noo shoo” or “new shoe”.  She means tissue, of course.  It is the cutest thing.  So I have her a burp cloth and she wipes her own nose with it after she sneezes or just when she has a bit of a runny nose.  I can eat that child up!