Here is the culprit. He stands accused of keeping Amichai from taking his ADHD medicine daily. And apparently he’s already been tried and convicted. No one told me raising kids was going to be quite this complicated…or require quite this much detective work. Let me take you back to the scene of the crime… **************************************************************************… Read More Sherlock Holmes and the Orange Lunch Bag
I love flowers – and I love having them in the house. But, when you’re on a tight budget, they are a bit frivolous. So, for awhile now, a child in the neighborhood has been coming to our house on Friday afternoon, asking if we want to buy flowers. He’s in sixth grade, and clearly… Read More The Sunflowers of Our Lives
So, the grand kale experiment today was DEEElicious!!!! I went to buy the kale this afternoon and took a few pictures of their garden and surroundings. I brought it home, looked at it and said, “Hmmmmmmm….. Now what?” One of my friends (actually, a few of them!) recommended kale chips. So that’s where we started.… Read More Kale Fever
I’ve just ordered kale. I’d tell you how much I ordered, but I don’t really know. Nor do I know how much 100 grams of kale is. Come to think of it…I don’t even know what kale IS. What I do know, however, is that my neighbors are awesome. I know, in the news, our… Read More What’s Kale Anyway?
“Mommy, this is the BEST activity… We should do this every holiday!” Yes, these words are music to a mother’s ears. But they are music for more reasons than you might expect. This Chanukah, while my in-laws were visiting, we made a number of plans. The kids went to the zoo. They went to an… Read More The Gift of Giving
A few days ago, Matan came home and declared that he wanted to run the 10K at the Jerusalem marathon…and that he wanted to do so for SHALVA. Now, Matan started running about a year ago and he’s completed a few 5K runs. We’ve been very impressed with his initiative and commitment and have cheered… Read More Go Ahead – Prove Me Wrong!
These were on our Shabbat table this week. “Wow,” you say, with your most sarcastic voice, “those look really unusual. So different than the thousands of olives people serve around the world every week.” But wait – they ARE different, and here’s why. This past Sukkot, in October, we went on a number of hikes… Read More Not Your Every-Day Olives
Passion, love and hope come in many forms. They come in the form of a man, willing to take his body to the absolute limit for the love of his wife. They come in the form of a community, hundreds of people, who line the streets to cheer on the man who completes his mission.… Read More Passion, Love & Hope
I am sitting in one of the boats at Disneyland, going through the “It’s a Small World” ride. And it’s not the enjoyable experience that it was when I was a kid. Let me explain. I grew up right near Disneyland and I used to love going there. My favorite ride was “It’s a Small… Read More Birthdays, Bombs & Bikes
Yesterday I had one of those moments that make for a rich life. We were at the park and Yakir was swinging next to Zeli. It was a crisp, beautiful Shabbat morning with a sky full of puffy-white clouds. Each moment, the sun would peek out from behind a cloud and then disappear again. I… Read More A Moment of Perfection
