Chavaya Yisraelit!

This morning Talia went to school and Ben, Keren and I went to the dermatologist and then we went to drop him off at school.  Ben had a show in the Moadon Noar and because it was raining they asked some parents to drive. They didn’t ask me and Ben was mad at me when I came to get him after school b/c he assumed that I just didn’t come. I explained to him that I had no idea about it and I wasn’t asked.  Then he told me that he went in his ganenet’s car and that he didn’t sit in a car seat and that he was double buckeled in with another kid.  The use of the double buckle is common here and I had to learn its meaning!  Anyway, we’ll see if I mention anything to the ganenet tomorrow.  I am tempted to say that at least he should have been single buckled and that it’s not setting the right example for the kids. I don’t want to come off as an anal American, though!

This afternoon we made hamentaschen together when both kids were home from school.  Talia was home early b/c the kids got to be the teachers today and they also got let out early.  This month of Adar is killing the parents!  So we had fun doing that (pictures to follow one of these days) and then Talia went to her chugim and Ben and I hung out.

Ben told me the story of Purim, or some of it, and he told it to me all in Hebrew.  He wouldn’t do it for the camera, though, but it was adorable.  Talia told me that she hasn’t learned the story of Purim and I am not surprised b/c she’s hardly had any school this month!

This evening when I was cooking dinner I somehow splashed boiling water on myself.  I have a burn on my stomach now that it getting better already thanks to the EMT that lives next door but it’s quite painful when I have to pick Keren up or bend down or anything like that.  I am hoping by tomorrow it’s a lot better. 

Tonight I went to an Israeli dance class!!!  Let me just say, I thought it was hard to do these Israeli folk dances in America when I went but learning it in Hebrew!!!!!  We had a blast, though. I went with my friend Robin and she sat more than danced b/c it was really hard but I felt like I gave it my all and by the end I figured out some of the words he was saying.  What makes it even harder is that there were a ton of people there and the music is loud and he’s using one of those Madonna microphones which is not so clear so it is really hard to understand him.  But to be doing Israeli folk dancing in Israel with a room full of Israelis was really really really cool!!  I am definitely going to be going every week.  It will also give me a chance to speak in Hebrew since they were all REALLY Israeli!

I came home and Robin’s daughter was babysitting and she had locked me out of the house since Eric has the other key and I was banging and banging on the door and she wasn’t answering.  So I called Robin to come out of the car and we were banging and she wasn’t coming!  So we both started to get really nervous that maybe something was wrong or someone was in the house or who knows what!  After about 5 minutes we started calling the phone and still, she didn’t come to the door.  Finally I went to the back of the house to the window that I assumed she was closest to and manually lifted up the trisim and sure enough I saw her sleeping there on the couch and after knocking loudly for a couple of seconds she finally woke up!  She didn’t even jump up or anything, she kind of calmly looked around and I called her and told her to answer the door.  She was SO out of it!!  Needless to say, she will NOT be sitting for me again!!  There is no way if Keren or one of the kids was up and calling for someone that she would have heard them if she didn’t hear me. 

There was probably more that happened today but it’s late and I can’t type anymore.