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A Missing Wheel

Having a large family means that everyone has their own responsibilities that make life easier. It might be picking up the Legos after playing, or separating light and dark colours for laundry (I gave up washing whites only with other whites a long time ago), or cooking dinner. There are chores that are either rotating [...] [...]

Together in the Kitchen

Today I’m supposed to be in Hungary. I’m not, thanks to the mess that the shutting down of the Hungarian national airlines caused. However, I didn’t have anything else to do, so I took a few days off work. It’s also nice not have to run around with this odd little cough I have, and [...] [...]

Those Puppy Eyes!

One thing my kids are all very good at is having the most convincing sad puppy eyes when they want something. I swear Izhar is taking lessons from them about how to have the best sad puppy eyes, ever. Now at my kids’ school there are two days each semester when they can be absent without [...] [...]

Comfort foods I.

A while ago Christie asked her readers to share photos of some of the comfort foods they get for their kids. Some of our kids are Israeli through and through. We have two from Ukraine and Russia, three from Armenia, and four for whom Hungary is their “home” country–even if Craig wasn’t born there. Since there [...] [...]

The Pianists

Next week three of my kids have their piano recitals. Actually, these are much like the piano exams I had when I was living in Hungary as a kid. Each of the kids gets a sight reading exercise, and then plays three or four short pieces. When they were younger one recital was done in [...] [...]

Yesterday

Not counting the morning and early afternoon that I wasted with chemo, yesterday was a fabulous day! OK, so I can’t really be all negative about chemo, either, as, you know, it’s the thing that keeps me alive, but hey, it’s still not a pleasant thing, and definitely way worse than the rest of the [...] [...]

Home but not home

I got everything done on Thursday and I got it all done fast! I was done with the court, the tax authority and the local adoption and child protection agency stuff by noon! I think it was all done in record time, and then I had the chance to grab some lunch at one of [...] [...]

Fun Facts about Eli

Eli’s birth and adopted last names… are the same.  Каган is actually a name related to my last name. Eli thinks that the Russian pop duo t.a.t.u are either a cute animal or some sex slaves from Tatooine. Or a combination of the two. That confirms that Eli fits nicely in with our geek card holder family. His [...] [...]

Shabbat Shalom, or a Saturday of Relative Calm

Yesterday my two oldest boys got in to TA mid morning by bus needed to be picked up at the place where they are stationed. For some odd reason both of them either missed their ride or missed their bus in the morning. Amir, who was supposed to get a ride, was in a worse [...] [...]

And This Was A Friday…

Fridays are my favourite days next to the Shabbat. Not even Rebecca Black could ruin them. We always apreciate them more during the school year, even if some of the kids go to school on Fridays this year. We are getting into a routine about that already, and we continue to fully enjoy our days. [...] [...]