I wouldn’t say that any of my days are particularly calm, while watching five rambunctious boys, but some of them are definitely more calm than others. Monday was not one of those calmer days. It was my mom’s last day in town and we wanted to go out and do something fun. So, I gathered… Read More Bumps in the Road
I’m not sure what rock we’ve been living under, but Josh and I finally came out from under it this week. Each summer, there is an amazing two week arts and crafts festival in Jerusalem. I absolutely LOVE crafts festivals and I’m not sure how we’ve managed to miss this one for so long.… Read More The Jerusalem Arts and Crafts Fair
In the last few days I’ve been caught in a few situations that required great creativity. Often, I find, that motherhood, in general, requires quick thinking and creative energy. Sometimes, the creativity is required because of my own stupidity (I’m the first to admit that!), but other times it’s just the situation at hand. Here… Read More The Small Victories of Motherhood
It is amazing how fast time moves. Two years ago today, Josh and I left the four boys at home for Shabbat with our dear friends and dashed off to the hospital to have our fifth child. We had been worried, for the weeks leading up to his birth, about when he would be born.… Read More Happy Birthday Zeli!
It’s 8:00 in the morning and I’m already exhausted. Yes, this is actually the norm for me, but today I’m exhausted for an usual reason. The kids and I have spent the last hour or so dancing around the house, watching our Nefesh B’Nefesh Aliyah video called “My Soul” and then watching every other Nefesh… Read More Aliyaversary!
Amichai and Eliav are in the same camp this summer, and the theme of the camp this year is international places. So, each day, they learn about a place, learn how to say “Hello” in that language, and make a few things. Today, I came home to find that they had made these cute Chinese… Read More Mikauma Means Hello in Chinese….Well…Maybe
I had the funniest, strangest thing happen yesterday. I was sitting at my desk at work, when my boss came in with the office phone. Now, Josh is in America, and I don’t believe that even HE knows the office number. There isn’t a person in the world who would be calling me on that… Read More The Techno-Savvy Two Year Old
In 2001, while watching a beautiful movie called Billy Elliot with Josh, I had an idea. I don’t fully remember how it unfolded, but in the movie there is some discussion about a journal that the mother kept for her son. The next day, I bought a journal and started writing to Matan. I decided… Read More Uncovering a Mom’s Secret
I’m so proud of the older boys today. Last year, I was complaining to my friend Devorah about my children and their reading habits. They weren’t reading for pleasure as much as I wanted them to, and she suggested a chart. I am very much NOT a chart person, a sticker person, etc. But, I… Read More The Caterpillar is Finished!
(Yehuda this week at his ceremony for finishing second grade.) I am such an olah (immigrant) that it makes me laugh (yes, and want to cry) at times. Yesterday, Yehuda came bouncing into the house declaring that I had homework to do. The first thing that always happens to me in these situations is that… Read More Yep, I’m an Immigrant
