Today we finally get to celebrate the bir mitzvahhood of Craig, both at synagogue and later on in the hotel’s banquet hall. One of the great things about today was that not only Kevin’s brother and his family could come from the USA, but both of our soldiers are home for the weekend. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
How can you say no to such cute puppy eyes? And the dog's eyes are cute, too.
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]