"Eshel does languages that we don't know"
I agree, he really "does" them. Eshel doesn't speak, he shows and makes noises and gets angry if we don't understand immediately what he needs.

zoo

At the zoo this week we had a chance to hold guinea pigs and bunnies. Michelle enjoyed the experience very much. Eshel was scared..

Sea

Today was such a gorgeous day to be at the sea. The water was clear and there were no waves ... the sun was hot and kids went in the water right away...
Such a beautiful day in the middle of winter!

My mom's Christmas break

Mom's Christmas break was a wonderful time!
We spent almost the whole two weeks together traveling with kids, making food, cleaning up.. and (unfortunately) being sick. We visited so many places that I have decided to (at least) delay the story and put up the photos for you to see

Olga Abramovna's Birthday

Rehovot (woods)

Cesaria

Things I learned today

Today I learned a lot of things (you see, I am sick, and have to entertain myself somehow):

grandma knows:

- how to do puzzles (up to 24 ! pieces)
- to draw/ or should I say color?! She uses "correct" colors, mind you! (for those of you who live in oblivion ... sky - blue, sun - yellow, grass - green
- stick stickers on a piece of paper (she used a pattern!) It is called mathematical thinking...

Michelle is a good listener!

Eshel is very, very jealous.

other grandma doesn't believe
- that I don't spoil my kids
- that I am able to teach them (at least not reading)

grandpa is sure I am so much into "nature" that I grow my own "bacteria garden" (maybe some viruses grow there too) and it is right in my apartment!

my husband is overwhelmed with the amount of noise and "stuff" (being toys) in the house

I am very critical of others (is that why I get sick third time this month?!) and that is after reading Dale Carnegie for the whole two days - his main idea is very old indeed: "Do unto others what you would like them to do unto you".... so conclusion - I should be sick!