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The Bar Mitzvah Gift

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. [...]

After a Bag of Hawaiian Splash Beenies …

…I’m high on sugar (yummy sugar, have you tried eating the pinapple and the coconut ones at the same time?) and artificial colouring (all kosher).

And I’m not alone with that. Since these yummies were on sale at  ₪1.70, everyone got a bag of these super yummy beenies. So there are all [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Those Puppy Eyes!

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]