Aaron is SEVEN today

Well, yesterday was the last day I’m ever going to have a six year old boy. Aaron, you have grown so much (literally and figuratively) in the last year!  You amaze me on so many levels, you are so witty and smart and caring and lovable.  But you are also so hard on yourself, a [...]

Hit the ground HARD

I’m not even going to try describe the holiday.  It feels like a dream and when I start explaining it, the words slip away.  So I’ll wait till I can post some pictures and leave a few comments. Getting back though, I can explain quite well…..it was HARD!  I wanted to crawl into a hole [...]

Getting Crafty

I’m not a natural crafty person and I’m put to shame by my amazingly talented and crafty little sister.  She’s a qualified Play Therapist and Montesorri teacher and a Teaching degree to her name as well.  She now owns and runs a nursery school in Binyamina, Israel.  Any child would be lucky to be in [...]

First EVER sleepover

Gone are the days when my children would cling to my legs and not want to be left alone!  Gone are the days of coaxing and hiding behind walls crying at my child’s distress at being abandoned.  Nowadays all Zara wants is to be dropped off at a friends house and LEFT ALONE.  No play [...]

Gymnastics

Christian, Aaron and Zara all started gymnastics this year.  They all love it and I’m amazed at how much they have learned in such a short time.  I actually thought Zara would decide to drop ballet and just to gymnastics, but that is not going to happen and she told me, ‘I’m not the best [...]

Zara and Mia

I am having so many AHHHH moments lately with Zara and Mia, watching their relationship bloom. I remember when Aaron was about 5 and Zara was 3, Zara used to drive Aaron CRAZY! They could not even sit next to each other in the car, Christian always had to sit between them and act as [...]