Another hot, sunny day

So we’ve been here for a month, as of Tuesday, and it’s been hot and sunny every day.  I hear that in New York it’s been cool and, I have to say, I could really use some cool days. Even some rain!  SOMETHING to mix it up a bit…

Neither of the kids cried today.  Talia was psyched to have her swim chug after school and Ben was just happy to be in school today.  Yay!

Ulpan was great.  I really love being in school.  I spoke to the person in front of me today about a chug for Ben after school one day.  It turns out she runs all kind of chugim after school for his age group and I think I might enroll him in the baking/cooking chug since he LOVES to bake.  Maybe then he won’t make me bake so much!

So I only had about 45 minutes in between class and getting Ben and I don’t think I accomplished anything in that time.  I called the contractor who worked on our house since I still have so many things here that are not finished and he promised me that he would be here on Sunday morning to meet with Eric.  I also got a call from Talia’s school.  At first I thought the woman who called me said I should come in and speak with her.  So I said Okay and I hung up.  She called me right back to say that I misunderstood and that she wanted to know if I could speak to Talia.  I don’t know how I missed that one!  So Talia said that she wanted me to come visit her in school!  I think she thought that since I was in school right down the block from her that I could mosey on over and visit.  I explained that I was already home and that I was about to get Ben and she would only have an hour left of school before her chug.  She seemed happy enough with that repsonse.

Ben and I did some cleaning up around the outside of the house when he came home and had some pizza and put Keren in for a small nap.  Then we hung out until Talia came home at 4.  She showed up in a great mood and with a friend, surprise!!  The kids played nicely and included Ben for the most part.   They went to Talia’s room after a while and they didn’t want him to join them and he took it pretty hard.  They eventually came down and they all played nicely until dinner.  Then I fed them dinner and the girl’s mother came to pick her up.  Talia told me that she learned how to dive today.  We’ll probably go to the pool tomorrow after school and I’ll see if she really can.  That will be so exciting!

One of the things I found while unpacking today was the Bumbo seat that a friend bought for Keren.  It’s for kids 3 months and up.  I put her in it and she looked so cute sitting up like that.  Ben and Talia got a huge kick out of her.  To see a picture of her in the seat click on the link below.  Take note of her fuzzy hair that sticks straight up.  This kid is going to spend a fortune on hair products one day, mark my words!

http://www.yorkphoto.com/share/p=999111221159786005/l=419047566/g=70636009/cobrandOid=1002/otsc=SYE/otsi=SALB
Anyway, not much else to report.  We are looking forward to Eric coming home tomorrow.  He is going to get a ride with a friend who is on the same flight.  The friend is a frequent flyer and goes to the business class/first class lounge and he said that he can bring a friend in and he’ll bring Eric.  So exciting!

Meanwhile, as I sit here, Keren is on my lap and she is eating my arm.  I guess she is teething.  Either that or she has mistaken my arm for a piece of corn on the cob, because she is eating it the way one would eat a piece of corn!

Off to unpack some boxes.