Last week I had a hard week, my back started acting up, S. threw up in my bed at 1:30am and we had two tantrums on the way home from gan. It was just enough already. I was ready to throw in the towel and high tail it to the U.S. for a long needed vacation to see the family. So what do the tough do when the going gets tough here? We run for Ben and Jerry's! Yes, we had Ben and Jerry's last week! Hurray! This is the first time we have ever purchased Ben and Jerry's here because usually it is about $7.00 for a pint or 30 shekel! Yikes! But we decided to splurge and guess what?! It was on sale two for 40 shekel or about $9.50. It tasted so good. Israeli icecream is drained of its fat to make margerine so it is the whipped soft icecream, it is very different than american icecream and we really miss it. I also got to read to books. A Faye Kellerman Novel and a little simple romance. Those are the first books I have read and finished since October. I am still trying to read Wicked, but unfortunately I just don't have time for a detailed book right now.
I would still like to take a long vacation in the U.S., but between Ben and Jerry's and a few good books I might be able to tough it out a little longer.
More later when the kids poopy diapers are changed and M. is not crying.
Monday, February 26, 2007
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Family Up dates
Since I am up wasting time on the computer I thought would throw in a family up date.
On Sunday the twins had their appt. with Tipat Chalav. This is just a routine check up done by the nurse. I skipped the last two months as their appt. got canceled in December and I never got around to rescheduling until they called and nudged me. So at this point Y. 17lbs 4oz. and M. is 16lbs 3 oz. The nurse is concerned they are behind in their weight and they have not gained what they should in the last 2 months. However, since they have been sick and/or teething the last two months, I am not worried. I have decided that in everything here, if you or your kids don't fit in the box, there is a problem. We are still facing that with S.
Tomorrow S. is going for a psyche eval. since the gannenett is just convinced he needs help and if we don't get him the help he needs he will start grade 1 late. The person doing the eval. is more doing it to humor them I think. She doesn't normaly work with this age, but is American and so she speaks fluent english and hebrew. So she has brought in to help bridge the communication gap between me and gannenet. She also feels that not much can really be gathered at three and keeps emphasising that he is the youngest in his class. But this seems to be falling on deaf ears. I am glad that we have the same mind set as the psychologist as it is making me less defensive. I am curious to see what she has to say as well. If there are things that we can do that will make his education smoother than D. and I had then I am all for it, but I am not going spend the next 15 years making him feel self conscious for something that was mole hill turned into a mountain. The idea of home-schooling just keeps getting more appealing......
It is 10:30pm and low and behold the kids are still sleeping! (poo poo poo!) (as in please don't wake up now that I have said that!)
I should have done chores tonight, but it was great to play instead! Maybe I will do some quick things before turning in! A mommy has to play sometime!
Good Night!
On Sunday the twins had their appt. with Tipat Chalav. This is just a routine check up done by the nurse. I skipped the last two months as their appt. got canceled in December and I never got around to rescheduling until they called and nudged me. So at this point Y. 17lbs 4oz. and M. is 16lbs 3 oz. The nurse is concerned they are behind in their weight and they have not gained what they should in the last 2 months. However, since they have been sick and/or teething the last two months, I am not worried. I have decided that in everything here, if you or your kids don't fit in the box, there is a problem. We are still facing that with S.
Tomorrow S. is going for a psyche eval. since the gannenett is just convinced he needs help and if we don't get him the help he needs he will start grade 1 late. The person doing the eval. is more doing it to humor them I think. She doesn't normaly work with this age, but is American and so she speaks fluent english and hebrew. So she has brought in to help bridge the communication gap between me and gannenet. She also feels that not much can really be gathered at three and keeps emphasising that he is the youngest in his class. But this seems to be falling on deaf ears. I am glad that we have the same mind set as the psychologist as it is making me less defensive. I am curious to see what she has to say as well. If there are things that we can do that will make his education smoother than D. and I had then I am all for it, but I am not going spend the next 15 years making him feel self conscious for something that was mole hill turned into a mountain. The idea of home-schooling just keeps getting more appealing......
It is 10:30pm and low and behold the kids are still sleeping! (poo poo poo!) (as in please don't wake up now that I have said that!)
I should have done chores tonight, but it was great to play instead! Maybe I will do some quick things before turning in! A mommy has to play sometime!
Good Night!
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Monty Python's Traveling Circus
This is what my aunt finaly dubbed our group as we traveled around Jerusalem. It is true too. Every time we got somewhere we counted kids, then adults, then purses, backpacks, etc. It was a bit chaotic, but fun. My mom and aunt left on Sunday after a fabulous 12 day visit. As with all things that we really look forward to, it went all too soon. The first week we spent more time at home then planned as we had rainy weather. But we did get into Herziliya to see the Mediteranean and my aunt got to meet our really good friend and her 2 of her 3 kids and her mom. That was nice since they are such a part of our lives here and we consider them family. In the States my aunt knows all of our close friends so it is nice that she now has met some of our closest friends here too.
The second week was spent in Jerusalem and this was great. We spent it in a hotel near wear D. is at so we got to see each other every day! We ate breakfast and dinner together, and he came "home" everynight we were there. What a luxury! We went to a wedding with no kids and dinner was just the two of us! Hurray!
We did find that traveling with the kids from place to place was a project and even just getting them ready in the morning was a team effort. So we did not see all of what we wanted to but got to the important things. We went to our wedding, which also happened to be near the hotel, S. got to go to the zoo, my mom got to see the Dead Sea Scrolls, I am still waiting to do this.... grrr!, and my aunt got to see the Kotel, "the Wailing Wall." We also did some other touristy things as well. Next time they visit the kids will be older and we will be able to do more. But we did a pretty good job all things considered.
The other nice thing is that they really got to know the kids and see their personailities. Although the twins are nursing and we all caught colds so they were not exactly themselves, but pretty close.
It was amazing that in the two weeks they were there that S. grew another inch, M. started sitting up on her own and got her top 2 teeth and Y. got one new tooth and really made progress on his crawling and pulling himself up. Oh! and M. is also improving on her crawling. So it was nice that they were there for so many milestones.
Our next goal is that I go back for a visit. I miss the rest of my family and it is going 2 years since I have seen my sister and it has been a year for my dad. So hopefully sometime this year. In the meantime we are looking forward to April when my mother-in-law arrives and we have a few more days of help.
And of course we are trying to get back into our routine, it is going better than I thought, but it still takes sometime. S. is having a hard time going to bed on time depsite how tired he is, I miss the help and the twins miss having arms to hold them continuously, but we are managing and in a way I could tell everyone was ready for our regularly scheduled programming. Vacation is nice, but it is nice to come home.
The second week was spent in Jerusalem and this was great. We spent it in a hotel near wear D. is at so we got to see each other every day! We ate breakfast and dinner together, and he came "home" everynight we were there. What a luxury! We went to a wedding with no kids and dinner was just the two of us! Hurray!
We did find that traveling with the kids from place to place was a project and even just getting them ready in the morning was a team effort. So we did not see all of what we wanted to but got to the important things. We went to our wedding, which also happened to be near the hotel, S. got to go to the zoo, my mom got to see the Dead Sea Scrolls, I am still waiting to do this.... grrr!, and my aunt got to see the Kotel, "the Wailing Wall." We also did some other touristy things as well. Next time they visit the kids will be older and we will be able to do more. But we did a pretty good job all things considered.
The other nice thing is that they really got to know the kids and see their personailities. Although the twins are nursing and we all caught colds so they were not exactly themselves, but pretty close.
It was amazing that in the two weeks they were there that S. grew another inch, M. started sitting up on her own and got her top 2 teeth and Y. got one new tooth and really made progress on his crawling and pulling himself up. Oh! and M. is also improving on her crawling. So it was nice that they were there for so many milestones.
Our next goal is that I go back for a visit. I miss the rest of my family and it is going 2 years since I have seen my sister and it has been a year for my dad. So hopefully sometime this year. In the meantime we are looking forward to April when my mother-in-law arrives and we have a few more days of help.
And of course we are trying to get back into our routine, it is going better than I thought, but it still takes sometime. S. is having a hard time going to bed on time depsite how tired he is, I miss the help and the twins miss having arms to hold them continuously, but we are managing and in a way I could tell everyone was ready for our regularly scheduled programming. Vacation is nice, but it is nice to come home.
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