Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Great Feri Moment

Today as I was reading to Feri at bed time we came along a big number "3". She has learned to recognize "3" since her birthday. We had the following conversation:

Feri: Am I more free? (Trans: Am I still three?)
Abba: Yes, you are still three.
Feri: When the free gonna' go out? (Trans: When am I not going to be three any more?)
Abba: ...

Very cute moment.

Feri and Rachel at her pre-school birthday party

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Birthday Gifts

Feri got her gifts from Grandma Bette and Grandpa Paul the day before yesterday. Here are a few shots. Yosef and Adina played with her and helped to set them up. Thank you Grandma and Grandpa!

Sunday, April 15, 2007

Yosef's math test

Yosef's first math test went great! He got ONE question wrong on the whole test! Addition, subtraction, less than/greater than/equals -- he knows everything up to 20 cold!!!

Friday, April 13, 2007

Back From The Golan

We spent Passover in the Golan and had a great time. We rented a bungalow in a place called Nov where we have stayed a few times in the past. We hung out on Shabbos and the holidays and spent the rest of the time hiking and doing other activities. The entire Golan was covered with wild flowers, it was just gorgeous.

On Wednesday we hiked in the Odem forest for a few hours and hit Al'Jubat Al'Kebira on the way back. Al'Jubat Al'Kebira means "the big hole" in Arabic (I think) and it is basically just that, a very large crater.

Thursday we went to Mt. Bental which has a great view of the Golan and Syria. It was a bit overcast so we did not get to enjoy the view so much. Mt. Bental was a Syrian encampment before '67 and Yosef and I walked through the ditches and bunkers. After the mountain we went to Birkat Ram which is a big pond and then we went on a tour of a chocolate factory.

Friday, Rachel and Feri stayed at the bungalow and Adina, Yosef and I went canoeing on the Jordan river followed by arts and crafts activities.

Sunday, we hiked along the Zavitan river, which was absolutely spectacular. Rachel's student Tamar joined us for this one. On the hike we had a small birthday party for Yosef and when we got home we had one for Feri.

Here are a few shots: