wow

i can't believe this was a year ago!

Memorial day weekend

the weather was very temperamental, changing from monsoon-like rain storms on Saturday and Sunday to sunny and 90's (32c) on Monday. that didn't stop us from having fun!

Ella got together with her long lost friend Lake Michigan. still too cold to go in though, even on a nice sunny day.


[Sunday]


Monday morning at the zoo: seems like lots of people thought it was a good idea to go to the zoo, luckily we got there very early and left just as it was getting really warm.

[those geese were really annoying, kept coming to see if we had any food for them.]

[you can imagine what kind of a mess this popsicle ended up being on a 90 degree day in the car. that's the reason kids should only eat them at the beach near a large body of water]


After a long nap on monday, I took Ella to the beach to throw more rocks:



[Monday]
She then saw a boat approaching the peer, so we ventured up there, and followed the boats that were going back into the harbor of the local Yacht Club.
after spending some time just looking Ella said very nicely that she wants a boat.
"אלה רוצה סירה פליז"
i felt so sad for her, because she really DID ask very nicely! and up until now we were sort of able to give her stuff she wanted (like a ride on the zoo bus, or a little more milk). this time i had to explain that a. we don't have a boat; b. these boats aren't ours and we can't go on them; and c. grandpa has a boat, maybe he'll take you sailing this summer!

very maturely she eventually said bye bye to the boats and we went back home.

Car talk (or guess who needs to be more careful)

Aba gets mad at some driver who blocked the intersection. Little passenger at the back seat mumbles: "godamit. Godamit. Jeses. Godemit."
I guess someone needs to be more careful with what they say :p

Ann Arbor house-hunt weekend

From Ann Arbor spring 2011

flatulence

"זה לא פופ. זה פלוץ של אלה."

לצערי (או לא?) הפלוצים לא באים בהזמנה, אז קשה לתפוס את הסיטואציה בוידאו... חחח

בן לימד את אלה כל מה שצריך לדעת על פלוצים. למזלנו זה בעברית, דיבורים כאלה לא מתקבלים כל כך טוב באמריקה :)

Back seat conversation with tuta

"namaste, Tuta";
...And Ella puts Tuta's hands together :)

conversation

אלה: הי אבא
אבא: הי אלה
אלה: הי בן
אבא: הי אלה
אלה: אני... אני אלה.
(אבא: חחחח)
אלה: אני אלה ילדה
(אבא: חחח)
אלה: זה דובי גדול. זו אמא אישה.
אבא: זה סקרוג
אלה: get down scrooge!

Ella's kitchen

We got Ella's kitchen today -- Ella and aba built it together when i was out of the house.
i got this email from ben saying:
"She loves the new kitchen!"
with this video attached:



hahaha!

but yeah, she loves the new kitchen.


 


she spent a while washing her hands in her little sink, and later when we opened the boxes with the fake fruit, veggies, food, utensils and appliances she had lots of fun "baking" and "making coffee" for aba. yayy!



thanks safta Sarah, safta Dalia, saba Oddi, Ron, Omer, Dikla, Dori, Amit and Haddas for the wonderful birthday present :)

Foo!

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Happy Yom Ha'atzma'ut!

It's israel's independence day, and we're at the park grilling!

Groceries... And a sunny afternoon snack

Where am I?!?
(yes, there are five bags of pita there. we're stocking... anything else we buy around here tastes like cardboard in comparison. we have to go all the way to the northernmost part of town to get good pita).



mmmm... cool sweet watermelon, feta cheese, imported Labane, and the good pita.

Thanks, O'Brienim, for letting us crash your house!

Saturday at the zoo

With ori, Smadar and Moshe. Our membership is already paying off.

growth charts

Ella keeps following her uncles' footsteps, and is a little giant compared to her classmates. she is as tall as average American 3-year-old girls, and weighs more than most of them!

Happy birthday Ella!

We love you :)
Hope you had a good day, full of cupcakes and music and friends.

Hummus and falafel

אלה לומדת איך לנגב חומוס

After more than a year of eating hummus with a spoon, Ella is finally learning how to eat it properly!

(Ella is next to me as i write this post on my phone, and she wants to type something too: Koolooihhipo)

ABC song

apologies for the bad picture quality, and more so for making you listen to my terrible singing voice. but Ella makes it worth the pain!