Late Breaking News

I did send an e-mail, however, for those of you who read one but not the other, or for those e-mail accounts I lost last year when my mail was hacked I am doing a repeat.

Yes, there is a war going on here. Yes, we are fine. No, we are not affected. Think 9/11/2001. If you weren't living in New York and did not know anyone living there, other than shock value you were not personally affected. I mean yes, we as a people were saddened and hurt and shocked and so on, but our daily routine was not interupted except maybe that first day. Same thing here. And our routine has not been disrupted at all. In fact because our computer is on the fritz and I am rarely on it, I keep forgetting there is a war going on down there. Today I actually took the time to read the news for myself instead of asking my husband. Anyone who wants to follow the Israeli side of the story can look up Jpost.com which is the Jerusalem Post or IsraelNationalNews.com otherwise known as Arutz Sheva. Both excellent web sites with up to the minute information. You will probably know more than me.

My week on the other hand has gone something like this..............We will start with last Thurs. first real rain storm, great stuck walking home in the rain with 3 kids.........Friday......company for Shabbat, actually that was great we had help, but still busy. Saturday, oldest kid down with fever and flu all day long........Sunday, spouse and oldest child sick, other two just runny noses.....Monday, Oldest has major cough, husband still sick, youngest has fever and flu....Tuesday at 3:00am........All three kids awake and crying because they are sick, oldest and youngest have major cough and middle child has fever and flu. Husband well enough to go into Kollel. Great, now I am stuck with 3 sick kids and a million barfy blankets to wash..........

So in all honesty, you want to worry about something, forget the war, just say a little pray for my sanity and maybe a laundry fairy to wash all the barfy blankets. Did I mention that our middle child puked all over our good down comforter this morning? Nothing says I love you like your child barfing all over your bed!

Wishing you all a happy and healthy season.

Signed,

The Crazy Lady

And what have you been eating today?

I bet it is a lot less interesting than what Y ate today. D was home sick today, in fact we are all fighting colds, but that is not the point. I was in checking on D when Y came into the bedroom covered in black hands and a big smear on his face. The obvious question comes out of my mouth which is,"Y, what have you been into?" The obvious answer, "Nothing" Yeah sure right.............So we try again, question repeated. Answer this time, " Cookies." Me, "We don't have cookies... Were you in the oven?" "No" comes the reply of my two year old. By this time I am pretty convinced that this is where he has been. When I make bread I burn a small ball of it. This is to replicate the part that women used to give to the Jewish Priests in the days of the temple. I usually leave it in there for a couple of weeks and then take them out. The kids are convinced that if they bite them enough the will eventually taste like a treat. One more time I ask, " Have you been in the oven?" Again the reply is "No." "OK so what cookies are you eating?" I ask. The response, "Abba Cookies!" Oh great we think, what are Abba cookies? So I finally go out front to find out just what he has been into. It would seem that Abba cookies are Charcoal Birquettes...........Fortunately there does not seem to be a mess. But these things can often be misleading.

Oh and late breaking news......Y has just informed us that Giraffes eat lions and bees. Apparantely Y is not the only with an interesting appetite.

What I have learned from my kids......

As D and I have gone down the merry path of parenthood I have learned a few things that never entered my mind. Here is a brief list:

1) Don't tell your kids it can't be done. They will find away or make you do it.
Particularly when it comes to things like putting tights OVER the pants of a two year old girl..........Yes, this can be done. It is not pretty, but it can be done.

2) Don't under estimate their imagination. S owns a plane, a car and was a fire fighter with his younger brother when he was a grown up. Just like his abba. He has also informed us that not only was there a battle between David and Goliath, but did you know that Varn the Giant was also involved in that famous battle. We have yet find any firm evidence corroborating that story, but S is pretty sure of himself.

3) We have looked up countless animals just to see what they eat. Have you ever thought about what a Rhinoceros, an Ostrich or a Wombat eat? And apparantly according to Y, Lions eat chicken. In fact just about every animal out there eats chicken.........

4) I realized that I DO know how to draw train tracks with side walk chalk on our mirpeset(Balcony).

5) Ketchup on bread is considered an edible and tasty form of sandwich if you are 5 and under.

6) If Eema leaves the house and you are stuck with Abba, there is nothing left to do but sleep so that you will be wide awake and whiny and hungry just about the time that Eema walks through the door.

7) 5:45 AM is an acceptable time for breakfast for morning people.............

I know there are more, but these are our current lessons learned. And we thought we were smart, but having kids changes the grading curve!