Back sooner than I thought

So I had a LOOONNNG day and I am happy that it is coming to an end.  In the end it wasn’t so horrible.  I mean, it was pretty bad but it was doable.   That is, if the lice is actually gone, like I am presuming it to be.  Hmmmm….

Anyway, the morning started out with the kids waking up and luckily Keren staying asleep.  So I fed them and combed out their hair while they screamed and cried that it hurt and complained that I was blocking the TV, etc.  Then I combed my own hair out and we all washed the conditioner out of our heads that we had slept in and we got dressed, I fed Keren her breakfast, made their lunches and had them both in school by around 10 am!  Not too shabby.

When I got home I put Keren back to sleep (she was cranky!) and I started doing more laundry and bagging things that I hadn’t done the night before, etc.

Luckily one of my friends from ulpan text messaged me and asked me where I was.  I told her I had lice and the kids had lice and she said she would come over after and she would comb me out.  She came over and proclaimed me lice free.  I am going to be combing my hair though, just as a precaution, for the next couple of weeks.

I got Ben after Keren finally woke up from her all morning nap and we went to the hairdresser where I scalped my poor son!!  He loves his new haircut but I think it is a little short (to say the least).  One great things about hair:  it grows back!!  He loves the cut, which is so funny, so we are all good.    Take a look:

So we came home from the haircut and then Talia came home and the kids hung out for a bit and watched some tv while I cleaned their heads out again and dealt with a crabby Keren.  I put her back in for another nap and then took Ben to karate.  He is wearing his karate shirt in 2 of the pictures above.  He is so cute.

Talia and I did some homework while Keren slept and Ben was in Karate.  Then I made dinner (rewarmed pizza, who has time to cook when they are dealing with lice?) and then Ben came home and we all ate.  At 6 we took Keren to the doctor so she could look in her ears and see how her ear infection is doing.  I’ve been holding a screaming Keren down 3 times a day and putting drops in her ears to try to clear the infection.  Luckily, she said that the infection is doing better and seems to be clearing and that I only have to put them in 2 more days.

When we got home I showered the kids and combed out their hair again (briefly this time) and then put them to sleep right on time tonight. 

Keren and I are hanging out now.  After all that sleeping today she doesn’t seem too tired and it’s almost 9!  I have a ton of folding to do but I guess I can leave some of it for tomorrow after ulpan while Ben is at his chug.  We’ll see.

Here is a cute video that I took of Keren tonight while I was feeding her: