Beach Bums

This morning after taking the kids to school Keren and I packed up for the beach!!  We picked Jere up at her house and the 3 of us went.  We went to Hertzaliya Pituach instead of the beach in Tel Aviv.  It is supposed to be a nicer beach but I am happy to be in Tel Aviv and it’s a shorter trip so I don’t know that it made much sense to go there.  Also, there are a ton of steps to walk down and a ton of beach to walk on before getting to the water.  Anyway, we had a great time.  The first thing that Keren did was crawl straight to the water and she didn’t stop until she was in!!  She spent most of her time in the water and so did I!   At first Keren didn’t seem as happy as she usually is to be at the beach.  I figured out that she is usually at the beach with Talia and Ben and she usually crawls around and follows them and climbs in their hole, etc.  So I dug a hole and she climbed right in and she was thrilled!  Then I buried her in the sand and she LOVED that!!  I wish I had my camera there but I didn’t want to schlep too many things with us since it was going to be me carrying all the bags.

We came home at 1 with just enough time to get rid of the evidence (if the older 2 knew we went to the beach while they were at school I would have a mutiny on my hands) and take showers.   I ran the shower for us and Keren peed all over the bathroom floor just before she was ready to come in with me.  She hated the shower, which I find funny since she crawled in with Ben yesterday, clothes and all.

This afternoon Ben had Eitan, Chen and Ofek over after school.  Chen and Ofek left after an hour but Eitan stayed until I took the boys to karate.  They played really, really nicely the whole time!  It allowed me to put away some laundry and even make dinner!  One of the best play dates so far.

Talia called me after school today to tell me she was going to her friend Rachel’s house and to make sure it was okay with me.  I really wanted her to come home so I could put Keren in for a nap at 3 and not have to wake her while I took the boys to karate but I also wanted her to have a nice time at her friend’s house.  So she went there and I wound up waking Keren up and taking her with us to karate carpool.

When Ben came home he finished watching the end of the video that I put on for Keren.  He loves her Baby Einstein videos for some reason.  We ate dinner and then I finally called the house that Talia was at to find out where in the world she was.  It turns out that she stayed to play with her friend and then went to her friend’s English chug with her b/c they weren’t finished playing!!  Then she went back to her friend’s house.  So I told her she could eat dinner there but that she had to be home at 6:30.  At 6:25 she called asking me if I could pick her up.  I said no, she had to walk home!!  The other kids were all ready for bed and nice and clean and we were reading books.  So she asked if she could stay longer.  I told her to get her little tushy home right away!!

Tonight I played tennis and had a great time.  Jere came to babysit with her dog.  I don’t mind that she brings him but he stinks up the place and then I have to vacuum the rug after they leave. 

Some funny Ben stories:

The first story is a little gross.  Just a warning:  This morning he went to the bathroom and he was crying that it hurt him when he made.  So I told him that sometimes that happens when you make and it means he might have to eat more fruit, etc.  I told him that his tushy might be bleeding a little when I wipe him so I would be gentle and not to be alarmed.  So he said to me, “oh, then I will need to  use one of those sticks?”  I had no idea what he was talking about but after a minute I realized he was talking about a tampon!!!!!!!!!!!  I told him that it’s just for mommies and he wouldn’t need one even if his tushy WAS bleeding!! 

Second story:  He was looking at the hairs on his legs telling me that he had a lot of them.  Then he mentioned Eric’s hairs on his legs and said they were black and he had more.  I told Ben that one day his too would be dark and that he would have a lot more hair than he has now.  He said, “why, because they get dirty?”  So I told him why.  Then, if that wasn’t funny enough he proceeded to tell me that his friend Chen has a ton of hair on her legs and she also has hair on her back (he showed me where on her back).  I asked him how in the world he managed to see her back where she has the hair and he said “when we play doctor and I check her back”.  I just hope that those teachers of his are keeping an eye on the two of them!!