I'm Not Such a Great Blogger

It's true, I'm not. I always say I'll blog more but it's been about 2 months since my last post. I really do want to write more but I'm not so motivated. However, I will try. Really. Maybe. Kind of.

I would say "not much has happened since the first day of gan and that' why I haven't written" but that's really not true. Life here is pretty hectic - that's why I haven't written. But it's no excuse. NO EXCUSE! Bad Leezy.....

Let's go in age order this time: Elie is doing great at work. Very busy getting new clients and keeping his clients happy. I'm totally impressed with how many articles he's gotten in local and worldwide newspapers. In fact, he had a very exciting milestone this shabbat when he got a feature 2-page spread in the magazine of the Jerusalem Post Weekend edition. It was a really great article about his client, Nishmat, and we're very proud.

Onto myself (I did say age order) - I am working really hard and my days are extremely hectic. I basically drop off Tani, come home, drop off Amichai and go straight to work. Directly from work I go get both boys and come home for dinner-bath-cleaning up toys-cranky time that is always the 3 hours between 4 and 7. I do like working but my days are totally exhausting. But, I really like my job (I even just got a little raise!) and I'm glad that I got this job.

Tani's turn (oh he would love for me to say that more often) - he is, thank G-d, doing amazing at gan. He's speaking to the ganenet (and me) in hebrew, he totally gets what's going on and is really participating and he is THRILLED to go every morning. The ganenet loves him and often says - "hu me'od chacham - chaval al hazman!" Just to clarify, I grew up thinking "chaval al hazman" had a negative connotation. However, as I have learned here, it is actually a positive thing but I honestly don't know the best english translation. The point of this digression - the ganenet is NOT saying that Tani is wasting everyone's time (I hope...). Back on topic - we are thrilled with the gan and the ganenet so that's going great. Tani otherwise is cute, as always, but SUCH A 2 YEAR OLD!! I love that kid more than anything but, I admit, I do sometimes google "boarding schools for kids under 3".

Last, but most definitely not least, Amichai. He is, thank G-d, doing great. He has started eating some solids (the mush) and we actually, just tonight, took out the high chair! I can't believe that he is 5 months old already, I honestly feel like I just had him. He's rolling over, trying to get everywhere, and trying to eat EVERYTHING (including Tani's face). He really likes the babysitter and she is really great, we're really happy with her.

So that's it for the fam. In general, thing here are going well. I just wish it would COOL OFF! It is so freakin hot, it's unbelievable. I can honestly say that I am jealous of all the rain and cold weather that you guys in America are experiencing. I am so ready to not be dressing the kids in the short sleeves and shorts anymore (my parents brought my whole order of cute Old Navy stuff!!!) and Tani has officially grown out of his sandals.
Oh, shoes, I must discuss the Israeli children's shoe situation. So it was supposed to start getting "cooler" and Tani was really growing out of his sandals so I decided to take him to the shoe store one day last week for winter shoes. I went into a different store than last year because his shoes weren't the best quality last year so I wanted to try somewhere new. I figured I could at least find ONE normal pair. Well, that task has proven very difficult. All of the closed toe shoes basically look like hiking boots. I mean, come on, the kid's legs are small enough as it is, do we need to cover them entirely with the shoe?!? Needless to say, I left without buying any shoes and very nostalgic for all the adorable shoes I saw on Piperlime and Zappos, sigh.....So I have basically decided that I have to buy him a pair of sneakers and a pair of shabbos shoes. Oy.

So that's it for now, hopefully the next update will be sooner than January (but, let's be honest, probably not).