not much doing

Not much went on today.  I should start by writing that Ben kept his bed dry last night again.  I only took him to the bathroom at 9:30 before I went to sleep and he lasted the whole night!  Kol Hakavod!!  Keren also only kvetched once at 12 and then slept until 5.  Kol Hakavod!!

This morning Ben woke me up to tell me that he was dry.  Then we got dressed and had breakfast.  The girls slept in.  I felt bad dragging Talia out of bed.  She slept while I got Ben ready for school and then she woke up as I was about to leave with him.  I left her eating breakfast and Keren sleeping while I took him to school.  Then I came back and took Talia when she was ready.

After getting Keren ready we went to a woman’s house on the yishuv who was having a breakfast for new olim.  It was very nice.  I meet some people that I didn’t know yet and schmoozed with people I did know.  It filled the morning so that was nice.  We left as Keren was rubbing her eyes.   I had to kick a cat out of her stroller so we could walk home, ewww!!

Keren then went in for a nap and slept until it was time to pick Ben up from school!!  Ben came home and Talia shortly thereafter.  We hung out and made signs to hold up in the airport tomorrow for Eric’s mom.  Then the kids took their bikes to Talia’s English chug and Ben and I went home but stopped at the mailboxes first, always a big exciting thing to do here.

After English Talia had a birthday party to go to.  It started t 4:30 and I thought that was totally normal and then I realized that I have become totally Israeli b/c I would NEVER have thought that going to a birthday party on a week night at 4:30 was normal last February!!  Ben’s friend Chen stopped by for a little while which was great b/c I got to clean up the kitchen and take a breather for a few minutes and Ben was happy to have the company while Talia was gone. 

After she left Ben, Keren and I ate our chicken while Talia was out and then Ben took a shower and we went to pick her up after the party was over.

I just finished cleaning up and making lunches for tomorrow for the kids.  We are going to get my mother-in-law as soon as Talia gets out of school.  I told her she has to pack up her bag and run right out of there and hop in the car so we make it on time.  Usually she is the last one out of school, the big schmoozer!  We are so excited!!