So Shabbat at our house was VERY quiet! We didn’t have Talia and Ben b/c they went to my grandparents. Let’s just say we did A LOT of sleeping! Not only did I go to sleep early, but I also took 2 naps, not an easy thing to do when Shabbat ends around 5:20!
Saturday night we went to pick the kids up. We hung out a little bit there and then brought them home. They had a nice time, although I asked Talia if she would rather be home or there and she said at home b/c she has her friends here. I think they were a little bored there. My grandmother took them to a very nice playground in the afternoon and also to the old age home around the corner where there is a VERY nice and VERY large aquarium for them to look at. Nevertheless, I think for Talia, at least, it is more fun to be here. The other thing was they were supposed to get together with my cousin and her daughter who they adore and at the last minute my cousin went to her parents’ house for Shabbat b/c she wasn’t feeling well. I am sure if they had had Shelly to play with, the day would have been nicer. But they did have a very nice time. Ben had a case of a bad stomach towards the middle of the day and my grandmother had to deal with him running to the bathroom constantly but she said it wasn’t so bad, she just felt bad for him. By the time we picked him up he was all better.
We borrowed a movie from a friend and watched a movie last night. We were supposed to originally go out for our anniversary but we got home and I was too tired (probably from all that sleep) and we just decided to be lazy and stay home. We’ll go out another time. Eric came home with flowers for me when he went to get the video. That was all I needed. Let’s not forget that he bought be a beautiful necklace a couple of weeks ago in anticipation of our anniversary. I remember how when we first got married I told him that for our 10 year anniversary I wanted us to go to Hawaii. Yeah, so NOT HAPPENING!
Anyway, today we all overslept a little bit. They were exhausted from their Shabbat and when the alarm clock went off and I realized that noone was up yet I just rolled over and went back to sleep. When it went off again and Eric looked and saw it was way after 7, I told him to go back to sleep and we would just take the kids to school later. In the end they wound up waking up shortly thereafter and Eric took them to school and let me sleep late.
We went shopping in the morning for a dining room table. It’s been 10 years and we really need one. We went to few stores to get an idea of what we like and then we went to a place where they custom make them for you that was recommended to us by a friend. The guy there was great and we spent close to 2 hours there. Before we place the order I just have 2 more places that I want to check out now that we have it all drawn out just to price it out and make sure we are getting a good deal. I am so excited to finally get a dining room table!
After we came home I got Ben from school and Talia came home shortly after. We gave them lunch and then headed to Yerushalayim. It was a little ridiculous that we’ve been here now for almost exactly 3 months (it seems longer) and we hadn’t been to the Kotel! So we finally finally went. We had a really nice time. After we went to the Kotel we walked around the Old City a little and window shopped. We stopped so I could feed Keren and relaxed a little. It was getting late and we didn’t want the kids to fall asleep in the car without having had dinner. So we stopped at Burgers Bar and had a really delicious dinner. Then we went back to the Kotel so I could get the kids their red bracelets, got one for Keren too!
We hit traffic on the way home in Yerushalayim since it was rush hour by the time we decided to head back. We got home around 6:30 and the kids were zonked. I did some homework with Talia while Eric got Ben ready for bed. I didn’t understand some of what she was supposed to do and she was getting more and more tired so I figured we would just leave it for tomorrow night when Rinat comes to help her with her Hebrew. It is sad that I can’t figure out first grade homework. Oh well.
After I got the big kids in I gave Keren her dinner. I’ve been giving her mashed up bananas with some baby cereal. The first time she ate it she discovered the spitting technique and it was VERY messy. There was very little that actually got eaten that day. I discovered that I can hold the spoon in her mouth and she likes to slurp it off and then she doesn’t spit it out at me. So that’s what we did yesterday. Tonight she was so hungry that I couldn’t get it in her mouth fast enough. She would cry between spoons. So she finished all of it tonight. She still hasn’t mastered swallowing but we are getting there.
So Eric is on his way now to the airport again. He’s going from tonight until Friday so it’s not such a bad trip this time.
We took some nice pictures today in Yerushalayim. Click on the link below to see them:
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