cock-a-doole-do vs. coo-coo-ree-coo

Today I took the  kids to school and then Keren and I went to ulpan, just like the good old days.  There was a big class full of people, of course that’s how it always starts out, and they were pretty good.  I would say they all spoke better than me, with the exception of the 3 students that were there from my old class, but I felt like I could probably learn a ton from this class.  Unfortunately, Keren wasn’t as excited as I was to go to class and she was a bit difficult and I left after an hour and a half. I was planning on leaving then anyway so I could give her a nap but she just wasn’t so great before I left and I can’t go back to class with her again.  So, I am dropping out!!  I was angry at her when I got home and then I realized that it’s not her fault, she is just 9 months old and can’t be expected to be quiet in a classroom! 

Anyway, we got home and Keren took her nap and I finished sewing on some buttons onto Ben’s Purim costume and some other things around the house.  When she woke up we went to the hardware store (Ace Hardware) to pick up a new nightlight for Ben and to the papergoods store to get some containers for our Mishloach Manot and to the supermarket to get some stuff to put into the Mishloach Manot.

We came home and we ate lunch and Talia came home.  Ben was at a friend’s house and when she came home she told me that there was a carnival at her school and she wanted to go.  So the rest of my afternoon was spent running all over the yishuv.  I took Talia to her school and stayed there in the cold and drizzle while she jumped around on jumpy things and had a great time.  Then I left her there and picked up Ben and went to pick up Eitan and bring them to Karate.  Then I went home and Keren and I warmed up a little bit and relaxed for about half an hour.  Then I went to get Talia and bumped into Channah who told me that Talia was super excited to be there by herself (with half the yishuv mothers watching out for her, of course) and i found her and told her she had to meet me next door at the Moadon Noar in 5 minutes.  So I went next door and watched Ben while he finished karate and then Talia met us there and we took Eitan home and went home ourselves.

We had a normal evening with nothing out of the ordinary happening (thank G-d).

We learned in ulpan once that in different languages they have different sounds that the animals make.  One of the examples is arf arf or how how or roof roof  for the sound that dogs make.  Well, Ben came home from school the other week and and said that a rooster says coo-coo-ree-coo!!  I was totally taken aback!  I just let it go, what else could I do?  It really surprised me, though.