Last Shabbat with my parents

Shabbat was very nice.  Friday night the kids were kind of going a little bit nuts so dinner wasn’t so nice with them.  My mom bought artichokes at the shuk in Tel Aviv last week and we made them and had them after our gefilte fish.  When Eric and I started eating ours we found bugs in ours!  My parents didn’t have any bugs in theirs, though.  It was kind of gross.  Also, my mom and I decided to try the Israeli gefilte fish.   It wasn’t bad, actually.  Not the same as A&B but good enough and much much more inexpensive.  I think I’ll try another brand next week though.

Shabbat for lunch we went out to friends.  It was very nice.  They had their parents over so they invited us also since they knew my parents were here also.  We had a great time.  My parents were especially happy because they had schnapps there and my parents have bad colds and claim that it whiskey has medicinal value!  They even took some home in a flask!!  So embarrassing.

Talia stayed there and the rest of us got home a little bit before 4.  We hung out until Shabbat was over and then after Shabbat the kids ate and soon after that we got them into bed.  Talia was having a hard time going to sleep because she found out that my parents were leaving Monday morning and she was really really upset.  She was crying for a long time.  She said she wanted to move back to America and live with my parents.  When I called her bluff and said fine, we would move back to America, she changed her story and said she would rather have my parents move here.  So it seems that she likes it here!!  I am so happy.

Last night my family had wanted us to come to them in Petach Tikavah.  My parents were feeling so lousy that we decided to stay in and watch the movies that Eric brought home from America.   We started the first movie and half way through it we lost the sound!  So we watched the second movie, which wasn’t all that good.  Oh well.

Today, Sunday, the kids went to school and I slept late.  It was so nice.  Then we went with Keren and my parents to the mall in Modiin and bought a few gifts for my parents to bring home for people and had some brunch.  It was very nice.

The kids just came home from school a little while ago and Ben is playing here while my dad took Talia out for a bike ride and then he’s going to take her to her English chug.  We are having my grandparents, my Aunt Suzie and 4 of my dad’s relatives come around 4 for tea and cake.  Just my dad’s relatives were supposed to come but my parents are leaving in the morning and my grandparents and aunt were upset they couldn’t go to their house last night because they weren’t feeling well so they are coming over tonight.  So, it will be another afternoon of entertaining for us…