Month: December 2013
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Oh Chanukah, oh Chanukah, come… on, diaspora mama.
Well here’s a first. Last week the kids and I were in the kitchen making latkes (that was also a first, and it was kinda obvious). Playing in the background: a Chanukah songs cd my mom had brought from the States. So, you know, some kind of boy’s choir-esque English-Hebrew mix. We were singing along;…
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Kid-friendly volunteer opp in Jerusalem: Pantry Packers
With a friend’s awesome initiative, a rag-tag group of Tzur Hadassah Anglos got together and made rice, not war. Yesterday a bunch of us young families got organized and volunteered as a group with Pantry Packers in Jerusalem (a food distribution project run by Colel Chabad). The highlight was to give our children a kid-friendly volunteer experience…
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Kids today.
“Hey, look – it’s pretend!” Spotted: a blast from the past at Hadar mall in Jerusalem. Reacted: my 4.5 year old son. Aged by 342897562895436: me.
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Fifty-Two Frames: Shot From Below
And really early on in the week, this guy just appeared at my window. Week 48: Shot From Below Worked hard on this six-pack.