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Netanel Gilad |
Elisha Shlomo |
Zohar Michal |
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Why is Natty covered in kissed... |
...could it be that the boys tidied up... |
...and Zohar said thank-you??? |
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The activities and the weekend for Saba's 80th birthday |
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And the morning after, seems we have to vote for mayor again! |
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Who shall we vote for in the local elections?... |
...I know, let's vote for all of them! | |
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It's strange to visit Yehuda Halevi... and meet old friends |
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Natty and Elisha have planned a cheesy Shabbat... |
...but Zohar prefers mashed potato | |
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Only one grape-juice making session this year... too much dust for the vine! |
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It's off to school... and for the first time in over three years, to different schools! |
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Time for a real holiday |
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Enjoying Oriya's Bat Mitzva... |
...Elisha's sushi-making birthday party... |
...and practicing for Scouts' camp |
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The entire family spends a night sleeping out in the local park |
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The excitement that is ... iPhone!... |
...and the excitement of Zohar's birthday party! | |
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Natty says Shalom (bye) not only to Kita Vav, but also to junior school |
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Zohar says Shalom (bye) to Kita Gimmel |
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Natty's Bar Mitzva ... click here for more photos |
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What a crazy week, first we select Netta to win Eurovision... |
...then celebrate the US embassy move with burgers... |
...and finally prepare for... |
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Natty's Hanachat Tefillin |
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The flag-bearers are ready to receive their marching instructions... |
...and the planes are in the sky looping-the-loop... |
...so now we can bounce for joy at Israel's 70th birthday! |
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Ayelet seizes the opportunity to fly over - and triggers a not-quite-repeat-seder meal |
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Pesach - IN - Ikea... |
...spotting chametz while IN - the queue to get OUT... |
...and OUT with no need to stretch our legs any more! |
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Then OUT in the hills... |
...running ABOUT playing games... |
...and finally being lifted UP while UNDER-THE-SEA?! |
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Pesach is nearly upon us... time to clean the car... |
...get all the chametz together for burning... |
...and for the first time in memory, burn it in the rain! |
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Puting the finishing touches of "robe" to Zohar's new room... |
...then Elisha and Zohar get ready and pack lots of water for a stupidly hot scouts tiyyul |
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Regulars of 'Melchett Mike' will know to watch out for Stuey and Dexxy... |
...Zohar's taking no chances and has graduated to white-yellow in JuJitsu! | |
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It may look like we're helping hand out water to marathon runners... |
...but look carefully... are we giving... or taking?... |
...to add to our collection celebrating five years of Jerusalem marathons! |
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Purim vacation in Hadera with Savta, Zeidi, and our cousins from Tel Aviv |
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Elisha is helping get Zohar's new room ready... |
...and then we can dress up for Purim! |
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The gadgets of the present get their own charging shelf... |
...but we still pay homage to the gadgets of the past... |
...and eagerly await the changes of the future! |
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This Friday, the boys both really earned a sushi treat... |
...and Zohar (who doesn't like sushi) got a consolation prize! | |
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It's the "end of 2017" party... |
...with special guests Emma and the mirror ball... |
...and next year... a new cycle path! |
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Having a great time at... |
...our cousin Roni's... |
...Bat Mitzvah party! |
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Chanukah is a time to light candles and sing... |
...with the whole family together... |
...together with the school Guinea Pigs! |
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Wow! The US President just moved our Jerusalem home into Israel... and the only thing that got demolished was a packet of salt-n-vinegar crisps! |
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What do you do when it's cold but sunny? Take your tray across the road and eat your pizza on the pavement there! |
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Letting off steam dancing up, up... |
...and... |
...away! |
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Another chance to reminisce about Tiyyul Shnati... |
...while Eli and Zohar decide to enjoy another glorious Friday in the park. | |
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On Tiyyul Shnati at the dead sea... |
...and a bike tiyyul to Nayot park... the long way. | |
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Last time these folks were together here at Kibbutz Lavi, they were on Hach. Now, 32 years on, we are no longer twinkles in mummy's eye. |
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Chol Hamoed Succot at Ein Hemed - with the Greenspan cousins (but no tadpoles this year) |
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Putting the finishing touches to the succah... |
...then going to get our Arba Minim ... this is the one that got away! | |
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Shana Tova - to everybody - and from all of us |
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Post-selichot, still very early, with school at the Kotel... |
...and in the afternoon, everyone gets to "press" grape juice! |
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Ready to go back to scouts... with green pasta... |
...it seems Zohar gets appointed the 'Rashgod'?!... |
...and Elisha, on his birthday, appears only as a silhouette! |
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After a looooooong summer... back to school ... |
...with Natty in Vav accompanying the new aleph... |
...and later Elisha accompanying Zohar on her first trip with gears! |
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Summer... friends (for Elisha's tenth) ... |
...visitors... |
...and, of course, most of all (it seems), screens! |
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Waiting for the hasaa to take us to our last amazing day at Shutaf ... |
...then the next day watching a ice-skating show... |
...followed by Zohar quickly making everyone lunch! |
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A great few days (and nights) away at Mitzpe Ramon |
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It's a swimming... |
...Pool! | |
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A lively game of Monopoly... |
...followed by fresh lemonade to serve at the double-hotels! |
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The Bustan Brody chessboard, before ... |
...during... |
...and... after???! |
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Full blown birthday season... Happy Birthday mummy, Zohar and Natty... multiple parties, surprises, cakes, presents, sushi, sparkers, baloons, friends, ... and glue? |
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And now, M-E-R-O-N !!!! With Natty and Zohar ... |
...then Elisha! | |
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The Natty and Zohar show... |
...with ... AYELET ... holding 'baby' Elisha... |
...Followed by Zohar's drum show |
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Happy 50th Birthday... reunited Jerusalem |
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OUT... IN the garden... |
...IN... the box that's being thrown OUT... |
...Shaking OUT the cover to put the duvet IN |
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It's hot... time to set up a pool party... |
...so that once the others are back from a trip to Gan Sacher... |
...the fun can really begin! |
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Oh no! It wouldn't be Yom Ha'atzmaut without blue and white pasta... |
...which inspires us to create multi-color challah cup cakes on Friday... |
...while Zohar (to the left of the ball) plays on the holiest football pitch in the world! |
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Pesach is a time when we remember... to go to the zoo before our manuy runs out ... even if we almost spend no time actually looking at the animals! |
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Burning the chametz at Bustan Brody... |
...so that we can eat Matzah at Gan Hobotani! |
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With school forgotten and the various Shutaf, Scouts, and other activities over, the holiday has really begun |
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Time to kick off Pesach cleaning... starting with emptying our schoolbags, of course! |
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Friday, at the cinema, partly to celebrate... |
...Elisha's team coming fourth in the national Code Monkey finals... |
...and then finishing up with a girls night in! |
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An amazing day at the marathon, with everyone getting really into it! |
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Ben-El Tavori, "Shoom Davar", and Olaf... |
...nahafochu! time to watch Grease... |
...even if the Pink Ladies were somewhat missing! |
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Adar is here... time to get out the costumes... |
...but the rain is also still here... come on Zohar... when that was my bike, I didn't have gears either! | |
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Shabbat is out... after shul, kiddush, park, food, friends, scouts and more park today... finally a screen! |
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Press-ups are great excercise... |
...especially when you have someone to practice with... |
...ha! I'm going to do my football practice push-ups in the rain! |
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Love to ALL the family in the UK... especially mummy! ... and very best wishes to Malcolm and Tania, from the squinkies and from us! |
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Making some "get well" gifts... |
...and not even for Zohar who had strep this week! |
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Natty wasn't expecting to be making a salad of thinkly-sliced vegetables... |
...Eli and Zohar certainly weren't expecting to be feeding trained pigeons in the local park... |
...and Zohar certainly wasn't expecting Daddy's 46th to be marked by the opening the Mevasseret tunnels the inauguration of President 45! |
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Revising... with Zitz Fleish ... glued to the chair... |
...claiming to have nothing to do with the matter! | |
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Getting the hang of Code Monkey, now on the final screen... |
...getting the hang of high-speed cornering... |
...or just really getting the hang of two wheels! |
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Last update of 2016... Chanukah Day Trips while based at the "Hotel at Home" |
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This year, there are three of us being "Code Monkeys"... |
...but only one who can deliver pizza on roller-blades! |
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Tidying up all the shoes... |
...and tidying up all the shelves... |
...so that Zohar has somewhere to skip??!?! |
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...now, children... today's word is "photochromatic" |
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Really enjoying my Onesie ... |
...enjoyed "chain reaction" at Ofek... |
...and enjoyed making cucumber boats for Natty and me! |
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Exciting week, with Space Laser ... |
...many roles in the "Yom Rabin" tekes... |
...and the biggest moon for the next 18 years! |
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While Natty gets ready for a weekend at Bet Galgalim... |
...Eli is sharpening his "Scratch" skills... |
...and Zohar gets free reign of the Meccano! |
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For the last time of this season, two of us are going swimming... and one having a bath |
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We had our face painted on Hol Hamoed... |
...while Eli made an Eli-sized bubble then went off to scouts... |
...leaving Zohar and Natty to Bench Lulav for him! |
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Suddenly it's erev Succot... cutting the final Schach... |
...putting in the final decorations... |
...and making the final pre-Chag calls! |
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And we say back to Barack Obama and all the world leaders who came... Shana Tova, Chaver Yakar! |
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Asking and answering music questions at the Sheva Brachot... |
...then the next night dressing a rolling robot... |
...and wiring up circuits at the "Leil Madanim"! |
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Dreessed up and all excited... |
...to be going to Elior and Shaked's chuppa... |
...and to the party afterwards! |
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Why are we bringing Elisha's birthday cake on Friday?... |
...could it be Eli wanting to go to the scouts opening ceremony was on Thursday?... |
...who cares!? The cake is yummy, thanks mummy! |
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Finally... back to school... one class higher! |
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Nearing the end of the summer... let's drive around the zoo! |
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A great get-away to Ramat Gan - pool & beach - to be followed by friends and family! |
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So we set up the tent city in the garden... |
...but David and Meirav's kids just joined us in front of the TV! | |
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Rosh Chodesh Av ... go and see the Rav? ... Well, if you don't have, get a Rav Kav! |
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An amazing Friday afternoon with Rachel and Gideon's kids! |
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Third week of the summer holidays... and as well as Keytana, we're having a great time in the afternoons! |
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Don't worry Eli, we are having a blast on our way to the park on thireteen wheels... |
...and we are sure you are going to have a great time at Machnak! |
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Looking back at the last eleven years... |
...now able to do things we were never before... |
...and looking to the future... Happy Birthday Natty! |
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One prelude was seeing how extreme we could get with Zohar's new roller blades... |
...the next was mummy's birthday with no fewer than 49 candles... |
...but when school was out, we had the real deal, a sleepover party for... Zohar's birthday! |
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Emunah's Bat Mitzvah party... |
...with all the kids... |
...and a fun vineyard! |
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Making sure the end-of year presentation for Daled goes well... |
...making lemonada for my end-of-year project on lemons... |
...and I'm making a trolley for my parents to get back on when they're done with all this running around! |
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Restoring the little-known minhag of filling up the windscreen washers before Shavuot! |
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I get to enjot a hot wok take-out... |
...I get to enjoy the acheivement of finishing all 200 CodeMonkey stages... |
...and I get to enjoy the tree strawberries that I picked |
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We are finally getting to the end of Lag Ba'omer with a small bonfire at home... |
...and finally getting our promised 'climbing wall' birthday present... |
...which means that I finally get a turn on the computer! |
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Why is Noga here on Motzai Shabbat?... |
...Surely not because we're all going to be up 'till midnight watching the Eurovision! | |
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It's been a varied and engaging Yom Ha'atzmaut break for all of us! |
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We love our Elior! Almost as much as our ice-pops! |
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A wild, wacky, bouncy, techy, outdoors... and sweet Pesach (Kosher also)! |
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While the boys have been burning Chametz... |
...and of course, saying "Kol Chamira"... |
...Someone has been getting her Mah Nishtana ready! |
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Why are Natty and Zohar in a tent?... |
...could it be to find out what it's like for Eli at his first ever Scouts' camp?... |
...At least we know he's not playing frisbee - 'cos we've got it! |
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It has been a busy week - recreating the plagues... |
...helping out at the Yarid Aviv (and being rewarded with a plant!)... |
...and learning to ride a bicycle practically overnight! |
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Purim away in Haifa with our cousins from Tel Aviv! |
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This year's Purim costumes: Olaf (from "Frozen")... |
...the F.B.I. (trying to crack an iPhone password, no doubt)... |
...and the little mermaid who is having a blast with all the school purim activities! |
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This year, we actually participated in the marathon, with Bet Galgalim... and got medals... |
...It was also a week when Zohar got her siddur and participated in the mesiba! |
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Daddy's back from a business trip for Rosh Hodesh Adar Bet - with presents! |
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Natty's Kita Dalet tiyyul shnati was hard work, but a great success... |
...a bit like making chocolate biscuits with mummy! |
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Sarat HaMishpatim Ayelet Shaked came all the way to school so that Natty could have a selfie with her... |
...then we didn't let her leave until Eli had talked about accessibility issues and how that affects all of us... |
...and while the boys were playing politics, Zohar has learned how to read! |
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See, we can all co-operate. We aren't arguing or fighting each other... but maybe that's only because we are co-operating in the task of giving the Whack-A-Mole game a good thrashing! |
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Natty's first ever live rock concert - Danny Sanderson fund-raiser for Gan HaShikumi but hated getting so many cuddles from from my old gananot... |
...Elisha's first ever "live volcano" experiment, with vinegar and baking soda... |
...Not to be outdone, Zohar's first ever creation of script,block, and English on a whiteboard! |
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Everyone practice your silly faces for Keren's BatMitzva party!! |
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As you can see, we're having a great time for Tu Bishvat... but where's Eli? |
...just completed stage 162 out of 165 of Code Monkey - with three stars! |
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Making a word-search for school - done, and tried it out on unsuspecting victims... |
...next, we can prepare the dance... |
...for daddy's birthday! |
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What can be more exciting? a bowling activity with friends... |
...finding an intact box of chocolates in the fridge... |
...or being able to have our first ever Mekupelet - a parev one! |
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When it's blustery and cold outside, we can be inside, having fun!! |
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For the first weekend of the year, I'm going away, by meself... |
...of course, first we had to enjoy dancing to the 'chart of the year'... |
...and then liven things up with a bit of colour on our pasta (and hands)! |
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For Asara Betevet, I'm on TV, announcing the events around ancient Jerusalem... |
...while I'm part of the choir providing the solemn backdrop. |
...but when the day is over, we can get back to dancing and cartwheeling! |
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We also visited Ovnat to see Roi... |
...and were blown away by the beauty of the place and its scenery! | |
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A really exciting mix of activities over Chanukah this year! |
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"Hey Eli... something's not right... it feels like we are in some kind of altered reality... let's take the blue pills and get out of The Matrix"... |
..."Quick, Natty... take control of those spider-bots... re-program them to run off and scuttle under Savta's bed..." |
...at mission control, Zohar activates the recall sequence... and the boys teleport back (the clothes got teleported into the washing machine)! |
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Baking work... |
...computer work (?)... |
...and school work! |
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For no particular reason, we decided to enjoy "Last Night Of The Proms"... |
...but not all of us wanted our photo taken! |
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Nice and clean in good time for Shabbat. |
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The boys finally get their scout uniforms, after a lot of waiting... |
...while Zohar is learning to read after waiting even longer! |
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Another week, another party... Mazal Tov Noga on your BatMitzvah... |
...we partied into the night, then went to school half-asleep! |
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Mazal Tov! We had an absolute blast at Anthony and Jood's wedding! |
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Natty and Eli are getting ready for the wedding, Natty is singing a song and Eli is dancing... |
...Zohar is on strike. We hope to resolve it by Sunday! |
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When I grow up, I want to be... a wild animal tamer... |
...a mountain climber... |
...and a celebriry baker! |
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During Succot, not only did we shake Arbat Haminim... |
...but we also did our first post-Shmitta planting... |
...and of course enjoyed the events at Gan Sacher! |
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Getting the succah ready... |
...and set... |
...but there is something wrong with this 'go'! |
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Planning to put up decorations in the back room... |
...finally removing the cheek decorations I got from scouts... |
...and simply decorating our faces with smiles over Rosh Hashana! |
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After a long wait for Eli's birthday... |
...on day four of the sandstorm, we might be stuck indoors, but can finally get down to making grape juice to see in the new year! |
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And for one last time... Shalom... Shalom... SHALOM KITA ALEF!!!! |
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A great way to spend the last week of the holiday with a few days in Tel Aviv! |
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When we are not dressing up and partying... |
...we are out on our bike... |
...or on our scooter and 'range extender'! |
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And cue... "We Are (laminated) Family"! |
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Quickly, paint the flat... |
...because Savta and Zeidi are coming, and we don't want them to think we'll trash their place if we sleep over! | |
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The boys work on physio before Natty goes for sleep-over at Roi... |
...and Eli goes for sleep-over to Savta and Zeidi with stories of the to-be-birthday bike... |
...Zohar helped test out the loudspeaker before her sleep-over with Alma! |
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Boys went to Sushi Rehavia to look for fish... |
...boys and girls being fish... |
...then girls splashing like fish! |
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It's summer time... and the pool is O-U-T-! |
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Celebrating my TENTH birthday with the family and grandparents... |
...not quite EIGHT, but already soldering... |
...I might be SIX, but I can still do Spike-etta! |
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