MY MANY ME'S

2009-04-08T00:43:00.000-07:00

It's been a LONG time...
It is now 1am. I'm done cooking for tonight, only have to start the washing machine before I let this day be gone. Slip by.
It's Passover eve. tomorrow. It's an exciting time. A time to celebrate freedom, spring, life. Today it's hard, after I've learned my dear friend's family member, who was only a 12 year old boy got killed accidentally, after playing with a gun with his friends. hid very good friend held the gun.
So I'm sending out big hugs, health, strength, love and peace to all of you who need it. And meanwhile being very thankful and grateful for what I have. For my life and all the amazing people in it.

Busy times

2008-11-21T16:13:00.000-08:00

Whew. I have been so busy lately. I can't believe I haven't blogged for more than two months!
Let's see, I have these 3 under 5 to attend. They're absolutely amazing, but they're still 3 under 5.
I took this project upon my self, to be our preschool's photographer this year. It takes SO MUCH of my time - editing each photo from scratch. some nights I find my self interacting with my dear computer after midnight. These kids, their sweet honest expressions. I edit each photo and find my self smiling so wide. I love it! I really hope the parents love the photos as well!

Maya turned 3.5 a couple of weeks ago, so we celebrated. It was a good excuse for a chocolate cake ;)
I love this girl. I was a little worried about her. For a while, when she'd come home from preschool and to my question of whom did she play with, she'd answer no one. It saddened me. Somehow I navigated the conversation in a specific way, instructing her how to answer. To tell me no one wanted to play with her. Though she was never unhappy about it.
I started watching the dynamics in the class and realized she's happy. Some kids were just mean, and I was glad to see her so mature way of judgment. She is kind, and sweet, and compassionate, my Maya! I think you could tell by looking at her photo :)

Erezi has turned three months two days ago! Wow!
He is unbelievable! Been sleeping the whole night through since he was a month and a half old! Knock on a million woods!!! I love love love the way he looks at me - I just smile at him and what do you know? He's right there with his adorable smile smiling at me! Precious! Priceless!

I have Shabbat dinner in the oven and some more photo editing to do before I take a break for candle lighting, blessings, a yummy homemade dinner. We'll sing Shabbat songs, have a pleasant conversation, laugh and enjoy each other while laundry piles are getting bigger and the mess is getting messier!

Good times and Shabbat Shalom :)

2008-09-17T21:45:00.000-07:00

Just had to tell the world: I'm SO in love with my precious baby, Erez!
My dad is arriving tomorrow from Israel. I'm so thrilled, I can't wait! It'll be so exciting to see him holding his first grandson. We're talking about a man who's had 3 daughters and 4 granddaughters so far ;)
And off to the shower I go. Finally!

Erez David Waite

2008-08-29T15:31:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the world sweet baby!

2008-08-25T22:14:00.000-07:00

Erez David Waite was born last Tuesday August 19th of 2008 at 2:45pm.
21in and weighed in 8lbs 7oz.

Erez is an amazing baby! We all can't get enough of him and SO in love!! :)

Will write more when I'm not falling asleep while walking... Have a fab week!!!

D.day

2008-08-18T14:21:00.000-07:00

I am 40 weeks pregnant tomorrow. And after two whole months of contractions, this little fighter guy is still in me!
I am tired. Physically. Mentally. Tired of being diabetic and injections. My back is so sore. My belly is so heavy, literally hanging between my legs. And so done with having to pee every 5 minutes!

I'm so grateful for having the best husband in the world! He makes it all so easy on me, he's my partner in everything. I'm so grateful for having my mother here with me, who helps so much in the house and with the girls!
She has 4 granddaughters by now and this one will be her first grandson! She also has 3 daughters, so it's very hard to think about having a boy being born in this family!

Tomorrow is induction day. I'm getting nervous thinking about it. I'm also really tired, and the girls are being very challenging too. They know big things are happening and they keep pushing the limits and testing me non stop...

I have to:

Get through today's nap that's not really working, swim lesson for both girls without loosing my cool, as has been happening since this morning, unfortunately.

Pack and get everything done and ready for the hospital.

Go to sleep early tonight, since tomorrow morning we'll be up at about 4:30!

And... Not loosing my cool, since I just did a minute ago again...!

I have to mention as well how grateful I am for having such amazing friends who keep being interested in me and how I feel. Keep calling me, and offering help! Thank you!

38 weeks and counting

2008-08-04T22:13:00.001-07:00

I feel so lucky tonight. Lucky for having my two amazing daughters. Having the most amazing man. My mother. Who came all the way from Israel to help!
My mother, who has almost no experience in photography (meaning barely taking pictures in her not so short life), came here with a brand new camera my dad bought her for the trip. My mother took these 2 beautiful photos that I absolutely love!

I am 38 weeks pregnant now and am so happy this little pushky stayed in me until now :)
But to be honest, I am ready to get this over with and am so excited to start this new life that's waiting right around the corner!
I can't wait to meet my baby boy!

35 weeks 3 days

2008-07-17T20:59:00.000-07:00

Another NST this morning. 4 contractions during 30 minutes. 50% effaced and just a tip of a finger dilated. Keeping my legs crossed tight for a little longer!

I go to the hospital twice a week for non stress tests. I've come to realize that I get to, dare I say, feel somewhat a positive feeling about this. Maybe even enjoy that little bit of time to myself. Reading trashy magazines, staring at the numbers changing on the monitor, drinking iced water, feeling the little one moving so much and bonding with him...

Hopefully I'll get to do a few more of these non stress tests! My mother is coming all the way from Israel on Sunday, we're all so excited here! When she's here, I'll feel so much better about leaving to the hospital once in labor, everything will be so much less stressful.
Listen to your mama sweet little baby, STAY IN for just a little longer! I love you!

2008-07-03T23:31:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to wish a Happy 4th of July!
And a safe and fun long weekend!

2008-07-03T17:39:00.000-07:00

My sweet big girl maternal Lia. A couple of days ago, we drove back home, Lia turned
to Maya and asked: Did you have fun, Maya? Did you have a good day?

She's such a little mommy. So kind and caring. Can't wait to see her with her baby brother.

Slow down

2008-06-26T17:17:00.001-07:00

This past few days, this pregnancy has been quite the ride for me... Not only is my body becoming more and more insulin resistant, and therefor I have to inject more insulin, but I've been forced to slow down dramatically.

Last Monday I was scheduled for my first NST (non stress test), which I'm ordered to do biweekly, since I'm insulin dependent. I got to the hospital at 6pm. Was left in a labor and delivery room on the same bed I'll be pushing my baby out eventually. Hopefully not before July is over. Not to mention that was a reality check and a little freak out, realizing this is what's really happening here... An hour later, the nurse walks into the room, telling me I can not leave the hospital since I'm contracting...!!!

Shock!

I was contracting every 3-10 minutes! And didn't even know it!!! They gave a shot to stop the contractions. Didn't help. I was contracting every 4 minutes. Then got another shot. It started helping.
So, after 5 hours of being horizontal in an L&D bed, with belts around me, this cute fast heartbeat sound in the background, a lot of junk TV shows I never get to watch on a regular basis, 2 shots, one pill and high blood sugar levels I was finally released home (in a wheel chair) at 11pm!
It felt so good to be in my car again and breathe some fresh air. I was with my sweet dad on the phone, who called to get an update (all the way from Israel, how helpless must he feel...), on the way to see my sweetest babies at home and... giggling to my self remembering how I was afraid I might get stuck in traffic on the way back home, that was supposed to be at 7ish...

I've been forced to let go... Let go of cleaning, cooking, running errands, being upset... Been forced to stop being a control freak...

Had another NST today and saw my Dr. and been told I've been a good girl :) I have to. I'm only 32 weeks by now - got to cook this bun a little longer in my oven.

Maddie

2008-06-26T15:33:00.000-07:00

My dear dear friend, Sarah had her baby Maddie a little over a week ago. I am so proud of her for going through labor and delivery with no drugs! Absolutely can't see my self doing that!
Also so proud of her for breastfeeding (which is our religion ;). And of course for being such an incredible mommy for 3 kids under 5!!!
When I learned Sarah was at the hospital and just had her newest baby, all I could think about was, I can't wait to see the whole family in this new beautiful light :) Oh, and of course, take photos!

So here she is, beautiful peaceful baby Maddie at 2 days of age - Welcome to this world!

Very proud and sweet big brother Georgie can't stop touching her and showing his wonderful love!

This photo is my most favorite one of Maddie so far. I look at her and just want to eat her up...! Oh yeah, as her mommy says: she weighed in a delicate 10lbs 8oz!!! Look at these cheeks!

On a different note, our latest addition is our baby tomatoes that are almost ready to be picked and eaten, yummm. Love the summer in California!

Summer's here!

2008-06-11T21:44:00.000-07:00

Ah... Summer's here and even though I'm 30 weeks pregnant by now the heat brings me a lot of happiness. I guess I like it Israel hot ;)
I've been craving banana bread for a while now, so the other day I've decided it's time, and the girls helped me. To bake and eat it.

We've been spending a lot outdoors. Our yard is so ugly, but man, aren't we lucky to have it! It's just fine for blowing bubbles and running around!
And then there's our friends' back yard with the hot tub and the wonderful view of mt. diablo. Thank you Sarah for having us over - it was so much fun!

30 weeks pregnant and still growing. Pumpkin moves a lot, especially when i enjoy music. But it seems regardless what I feel or what's going on he just likes to move and kick a lot, which makes him so much like his sisters and I love that. Speaking of pregnancy, I think it's doing something to Mikey... He's obsessively listening to Mariah Carey... Oh, my husband by the way is a rocker/jazz lover and all sorts of things but Mariah Carey seems wrong... I love him so much!

In the beginning of this week we celebrated Shavuot. It's my favorite holiday. It often occurs on my birthday, traditional foods are a lot of dairy and fruit and, of course wine goes great with that. We've been making and eating a lot blintzes for the past few days (desert, crepes filled with sweet cheese filling - yummm). The other day we went to celebrate with our friends, it was so good, the company and the food.

I made a little comeback a couple of days ago, when I found my self standing in the kitchen and cooking! Since the beginning of this pregnancy, cooking and handling certain foods just wasn't appealing to me to say the least and then sore back just kept me away from standing. For some reason I'm a little over both. The other evening I made this chicken dish. I stir fried small pieces of boneless skinless chicken thighs with onion, tomato, cilantro. Added salt and pepper and after browning the whole thing a little I took the dish out. Then added some nice red wine to the pan, reduced it a little and poured it over the dish. Came out awesome, the girls ate it so nicely!

The gymnaticsmania in our house! The girls started taking gymnastics class about 2 months ago and they LOVE it! Lia seems to can't stop experimenting the limits of her own body... To the point I get real scared, but really can't (or think I shouldn't) stop her.
We're starting swim class this coming Monday, I hope they get excited about that at least as half as they are about gymnastics, then I'll be all set, but I have a feeling I'm heading some challenges ;)

My 33RD

2008-06-02T17:04:00.000-07:00

This is my beautiful sister, Amit who gave me a niece for my 33rd birthday!
She went into labor on 5/30 and in the very early hours of 5/31 (Israel time) she did it and my new niece, Hadar was born!
The next day 6/1 was my 33rd birthday :)

Big sister Noam meeting her baby sister at the hospital.

We celebrated and had dinner at our favorite Italian restaurant Pasta Pomodoro in downtown Pleasant Hill. Now that I'm thinking about this dinner, I'm almost drooling here... Wish we were eating there tonight too... Yum!

I feel so lucky to share this life with the man of my dreams, Mikey. And my two precious amazing daughters, oh and this little guy who gives me so much joy each time he reminds me he's in me with his movements and cute kicks!

Friends

2008-05-27T15:44:00.000-07:00

Last Friday our friends from L.A. came for a visit in San Fran. We had them over for Shabat dinner (Friday night), and we also celebrated Lag Ba'omer, which is a Jewish holiday in which you make fire, sit around it, eat, sing and have lotsa fun! And we did!

I'm so happy and grateful to have such great friends, who are considered as family.

Metreon, SF

Fisherman's wharf, SF

Lia and Idan - Best fwends!

This guy's name is striper. We saw him sitting on his weird owner's lap around fisherman's wharf and the girls were in love... My favorite quote of the day came from Lia asking the weird guy who had striper: "... and he's not a toy even..??"

Then, of course we had to do the finale at the Marin Headlands. The money shot as Mikey calls it :)
That was a wonderful weekend!
We miss you guys already!

Maya is 3!

2008-05-05T16:12:00.000-07:00

My baby Maya, turned three today! It may sound strange, but she is looking bigger, acting bigger, more understanding and even more amazing than ever today.

Three years ago, we were living in MA. I woke up in the morning on 5.5.05, and started feeling contractions at 7:30am. At about 10am we were already at the hospital, and by 4:20ishpm Maya Ofri Waite was born :)

This is our "before" photo.

Holding my baby Maya for the first time.

A family of four. Mikey and I with our 15 month old baby and our few hour old baby.

Maya Ofri Waite.

Mmmmmwah!

Sisters. 3 years ago.

And today. Sisters.

Today we went to our Dr. Maria for Maya's 3 year physical. Some way of celebrating ;)
This is her REAL pig, Basil.

And this is the real reason it really was a celebration (even though a shot was included in the visit, and I must say Maya was so brave - didn't make a sound!) - Roxy the cute dog. Maya has been obsessed with dogs for a while now. It was the hardest thing to actually leave the Dr.'s office...

Maya is so sweet and gentle and cuddly. She is loving and sensitive and musical and goofy.
Maya is one of my two most beautiful precious most amazing daughters I have and love oh so much! Life is good! Happy birthday my baby-big girl Maya papaya!

Secret

2008-04-23T19:45:00.001-07:00

Every night when I put the girls in their beds, we have a few rituals. One of them is "the secret". I whisper in their ear "I love you more than anything in the world!" and they in return whisper the same back with an addition of what they will give me tomorrow to make me happy (some kind of food, a drawing, a painting). Tonight was extra special.

- I love you more than anything in the world, Lia!
- I love you more than anything in the world, Ima! Tomorrow I will make a painting for you!
And thank you for dinner!

Amen!
Oh my little Lia, I love you so much!

Free

2008-04-18T09:34:00.001-07:00

Tomorrow night we celebrate Passover. It's a celebration of freedom. From the time when the people of Israel lived in Egypt and were slaves. For me it's about celebrating any kind of non-slavery and having the freedom to live the way we choose. I am very grateful for the life I have, life with my amazing family, great friends, full of art and creativity and of course health. Life.

I wish you all a wonderful weekend! And this one is also for you, Bekah.

Happy Passover!

Gala

2008-04-17T20:52:00.001-07:00

There was a gala at the temple last Sat. night. It was an art show with more than 100 art works done by Israeli artists. Some of them were purchased and all that money was a donation for the temple and our preschool. I had my little contribution there too. I photographed all the preschool kids (77 of them) - black&white portraits and each one of them in their own mat had their art work next to the portrait. It all came out great.

My sweetie pie, me, and the b.bump (pumpkin).

It's a...

2008-03-27T21:58:00.000-07:00

We've had the complete ultrasound done today, and I finally feel comfortable enough to write about this pregnancy and baby. Number 3!

This is baby's profile at 11 weeks.

This is me and belly a couple of days ago, 19 weeks pregnant.

And... Today! Waving at all of us, baby number 3, baby BOY is saying hi!

Cute feet :)

We watched the screen as the ultrasound tech started the show and were blown away a few seconds later when she said: congratulations on your baby BOY!
We all had a feeling it's a boy this time, but I guess since all we have is girls hearing it's a boy just wasn't easy to digest... The baby is well and weighs 11oz. The due date is still some time between 16-19 of August.
Because I'm diabetic, we'll have a fetal cardiac test just to make sure all is well with his heart in 3 weeks.
We are very excited and happy and grateful and thankful!
I'm feeling really good today, after feeling very nervous needing to find out all is well with the little pumpkin, I left with a good feeling and now I'm off to take care of my baby and I - inject insulin and eat!
Health and Happiness!!!

Happy Purim!

2008-03-21T23:11:00.001-07:00

Today we celebrate Purim. It's a beautiful holiday with a beautiful story about a heroic Jewish woman, named Esther who became the queen of Persia and rescued the Jewish people from all sorts of evils. On Purim we dress up as... anything, but mostly it's easy to notice lots of queens and princesses :) There's always a carnival at the temple and it's a great time that usually makes me feel like a child again. I usually dress up as something other than my self, but this time, it was a little hard to come up with an idea, especially when it takes me forever to find an outfit that actually fits me... Everything I have is either too small or too big...

To see my girls loving the holiday and get fascinated with the story and how they know all the characters is priceless. Today I feel so lucky to have my Lia and Maya right here with me - They are my beautiful, adorable, smart, goofy, sweet daughters who make me so happy and I love them so much, words cannot describe.

My very good friends Kineret and Mikey just had their fourth daughter today in L.A. I would like to congratulate them here. Mazal Tov ! I am so happy and excited for you! Can't wait to see a photo! Lots of health, happiness, love, hugs and kisses from all of us here - Lia, Maya, Mikey and I.

2008-03-14T21:00:00.000-07:00

Shabbat dinner. These candles are the candles we light every Friday night before we start to eat dinner. When we light the Shabbat candles, I cover my face, close my eyes, take a very deep cleansing breath and whisper all the wishes and prayers I have for all the people I can think of in that same moment. Most of them mainly are health and happiness for all. I wish good things to a lot of people I know randomly in different moments of the day, the week, the month. But this time is special. Official.
I love the fact that the girls are starting to copy me and it's the cutest thing to see them covering their eyes at the same time as well :)

Yes, so we're all pregnant here at the Waite residence ;) it's pretty much catchy here...
It's so funny how the girls are convinced they are pregnant just like me. Yesterday Lia was telling me she's pregnant and the baby will come out only in two years!
After Shabbat dinner, the girls were dancing around with babies in their shirts. Mikey was out of sight and then suddenly I saw him coming down the stairs... Pregnant too!
We had great laughs! They looked so cute, I had to grab the good old cam and stage them for a little photo shoot :D

And this is me, in my 18th week of pregnancy. The bump is so out there...!

Hope you all have a lovely peaceful weekend!

2008-03-06T19:25:00.001-08:00

About two weeks ago I had the honor of taking maternity photos of Maria and her lovely family. Maria has two sweet boys who are, like my own girls 15 months apart and now she is expecting a little princess. I can't wait to meet her!
These are two photos from Maria's session, both of her and her very supportive husband:

Other than that I'm still working on the girls' preschool portraits. A lot. Last night we had a committee meeting and I showed a slide show of all the portraits that I'm done working on by now, which are most of them (about 80 children at the preschool), and was very pleased to get real good feedback :)
All the women said I must have been working so hard on this project and I had to be honest and said, lets just say you don't want to see my house right now... I haven't been quite the housewife/mother/wife lately... Speaking of, Mikey just reminded me, while he's cleaning the bathrooms - somebody has to do it, and I'm so lucky he does, I needed to finish changing our sheets. So just imagine me whining like a brat while ending this post... ;)
I'm actually feeling very good lately and hopefully I will put up another post with all the cool happy moments that have been happening to us in the past week.

Got whipped

2008-02-29T15:22:00.000-08:00

Earlier this week Mikey had to travel to New Orleans, and we were left just the 3 of us (and the belly) here, once again. One night, when we were done with dinner (that the girls ate so well), I've decided to have some Whipped cream fun. It seemed like a good decision especially because since I got pregnant and was on the diabetes diet I had lost 10 pounds, and my current weight still is -10 pounds ;)
What I didn't know at the time I took the whipped cream out of the fridge is, that the night before Mikey decided t do the very same thing. So the girls were already familiar with the idea and had a very clear opinion about it.
As soon as I brought the whipped cream bottle to the table, Maya said: 'Noooo! Not in the mouth! Not in the mouth!!!' And was freaking out and all scared.

Lia, on the other hand was up to the task, as you can see well in this photo.

I tried to make Maya a little more comfortable and a little less scared from the whole situation, and just became silly mama, with all those weird faces and freaky behavior.

My Mayush and I.

My princesses and I.

it was a great funny evening!

Wishing you all a great-funny-fun-peaceful-wonderful weekend!

Shabbat Shalom!

2008-02-25T16:23:00.000-08:00

It is Monday again and that means a new week has begun. I can't find the time, where did it go...? Mikey had to fly away today again, this time to New Orleans until Wednesday evening, so we're back on the frozen meal train ;) Ever since I got pregnant, I can't seem to function during dinner time and that includes cooking. Forget touching and handling meat and poultry, just the thought of it makes me gag. Thank goodness for Trader Joe's and its prepared meals!

I've been very busy with my photography projects lately and I can't believe it's the end of February already. The girls' preschool's gala is April 12th and I have to start working intensively on the portraits!
On the other hand, I was done working on my dear friend, Sarah's photos and I was so glad to give her the cd with all of them last night. This one is one of my favorites:

It's my father's birthday tomorrow and it makes me very emotional. I miss him so much and wish I could be next to him and give him a happy birthday squeeze... But my poor father will just have to hear me crying for him on the phone instead and hopefully we can have a video conversation via the internet with the girls as well.

Happy productive week to all!

2008-02-22T10:23:00.000-08:00

My sweet Mikey had to go to Texas for a week and all the three of us here missed him so much. He finally came back home last Tuesday and it feels so good!
These photos are from last night, we had a bed time jam session in the living room. Fun!

It's Friday again. Friday for us is always a big day - At dinner time we welcome the Shabbat, which is the Sabbath, Saturday. We're going to the preschool soon for the Shabbat service at the girls' class, just like we do almost every mid Friday, then we also get our yummy challah (the Jewish sweet bread), that's delivered from a bakery in Oakland (Grand Bakery). We'll have it at Shabbat dinner with some hummus and the rest of the meal.

I've been very busy lately being the girls' preschool photographer and doing also maternity photo sessions. I love it - I've been volunteering at the preschool taking all the kids portraits in black&white for a special gala that will take place in April. The gala is an Israeli art show that will present more than 100 pieces done by Israeli artists and my black&white photos of the kids will be hung just outside the art show so the parents can see them and purchase them as a donation for the preschool. I'm so excited about this.
I had the honor of taking maternity photos of my dear friend Sarah. She is gorgeous and I can't wait to finish the computer touch ups and give her the cd!
Tomorrow morning I'm going to do another maternity photo session - it makes me so happy. This really is my passion and I'm so lucky to have one!

My dear friend Bekah, who's fighting the Hodgkin's disease at these moments is going through her round two treatment. Please keep her in your prayers and hearts!

I wish you all a peaceful weekend!

Growing strong

2008-02-15T22:27:00.001-08:00

It really is strange how certain things in life can take you to different places. How surprising life can be. How little do we know about what tomorrow might bring.

It's been quite the ride for me these past few months. Last May we got pregnant for the third time. In mid August, at 11.5 weeks, I miscarried. Now we're pregnant again, though this time it's a different kind of pregnancy. When I went to see my Dr. for the first appointment this time around, on the way out of the office I had told him I've been experiencing something I've never experienced before with my previous pregnancies - over eating with no control! He sent me to take the glucose test. I failed. I was 6 weeks pregnant with diabetes.

The theory I choose to believe in says, that I might have gotten pregnant a little too soon after the miscarriage, and the stress of the pregnancy broke out as diabetes. The other option is, that I'm simply diabetic. But we'll know better only in the future.

I'm now 14 weeks pregnant on a very strict diet, counting carbs constantly, testing (poking) my blood sugar level 4 times a day, try to be as active as I can, and inject insulin every night before I go to bed. My fasting blood sugar level (when I wake up in the morning) is bad and cannot be controlled by anything but insulin.

It's been a big overwhelming turn for me. From dismissing my self almost completely, taking care of everybody else around me, I now have to make time for my self and take care of my self too, to make sure I do the best possible for this little life in me.
I try to stay positive, it's very important for the blood sugar level, and every day I get through one more good appointment or one more good test, for me it's one more day with one more smile.

I'm starting to be able to think about what I'm going through as pregnancy with diabetes, and not diabetes with pregnancy. I know that whatever happens, it'll be just fine - I have my most amazing man by my side and my precious daughters who keep me strong and happy!

Birthday funs

2008-02-08T11:16:00.001-08:00

Ahhh birthdays. Lia turned 4 on 2/1 which was a week ago and we're still celebrating. I say, what the heck, why just one day when you can celebrate a whole month?! So for us most birthdays are actually birthmonths ;)
We started the morning of with the first box that arrived for Lia's birthday - The box from auntie Colleen, uncle Eric, little Eric and Abby. They sent the girls from LA cute outfits and Lia got the coolest digital camera! Thank you guys! We love you!

Then we had birthday breakfast with, of course, the dessert and candle and the whole birthday shpil. Lia was so cute when she made a wish - to blow the candle!

A couple of hours later we had the honor of having a visit from my dear loved cousin Amir (Amiri). He came from Israel for business and had the time to be with us during Friday and Saturday. Lia was positive he came for her birthday and it was great - she was on cloud 9! Both girls and I had a blast having him here! The girls kept talking about him, mentioning how much they love him for days after he left :)

On Saturday the package from our good friends Inbal, Eran, Liya and Roi arrived from Israel. So that eve. Lia opened it and was very excited to receive a new book in Hebrew which we read that night before bed - Thank you guys, you're the best!

Sunday night Lia got 2 more presents (I tried to upload the photo, but had some "erroring" troubles with the site...). She got a book from Maya and a new Lego box from Imma and Abba(=mommy and daddy).
Monday morning we went to our Dr. Maria for Lia's 4 year's physical. Our doctor is amazing, she is a special woman who is a full time doctor AND grows a dog, a pig, and many other animals (along with 3 children ;). Lia had her first vision and hearing tests and did very well. She also got a shot and was the bravest girl ever!
Somehow, my daughters like to be naked. I don't know where they get that from... It's not like when I was little I used to take my clothes off in any opportunity... Wink;) So when Lia had to take her clothes off for Dr. Maria, she agreed to put on a gown, but that lasted no more than 2 minutes, then the gown came down and yippie yay to naked time!

On Monday we got the box from Grammy and Grampa with all sorts of goodies in it for both girls. Thank you guys! We love you!

On Tuesday we celebrated Lia's birthday at preschool. Oh, Lia was a real birthday princess. She was the star of the show and so so happy!

At the girls' school, the only thing you can bring for a child's birthday, is a gift which you donate the class. There is a wish list and we chose from it a book called "Llama Llama mad at mama" by Anna Dewdney. This llama gets taken by his mama to the shop-o-rama and gets really mad throughout this shopping experience, but eventually his mama makes it all better and in the end llama llama loves his mama. Mikey read the story to the whole class, and all the kids loved it!

Before singing the goodbye song the class sings at the end of the day, the teacher asked Lia if she had another request to one more song. Lia said: Yes, the song about the bear. The teacher was trying to figure out which song Lia was talking about, but couldn't. So she asked Lia to remind her, and Lia just went ahead and made up a song about the bear from start to finish using English and gibberish. What a star!

On Wednesday we finally got the box from the family in Israel with tons of great stuff for each and every one of us. Thank you so much Savta, Saba, Amiti, Yuvali, Noamushy and Michali!
(Savta and Saba = Grandma and grandpa, Amiti is my sister, Yuval is her husband, Noam is their daughter and Michali is my sister). We love you!

...And the celebrations are not over yet!
Hope you have a great w/e!

Lia is 4! Happy birthday my precious love!

2008-01-31T19:55:00.000-08:00

I can't believe it's been 4 years! My baby is now a girl! A clever, beautiful, creative, loving, charming 4 years old girl!
4 years ago, we were having crazy long 27 hours of labor in Plymouth, MA and eventually we finally got to meet our first born princess Lia. She was screaming so much - everybody at the Jordan hospital birthing center knew who we were... The nurses said our baby is "a piece of work!"... Yes, they were right. Lia is a determined girl. She knows what she wants and in no time she'll be on her way to get it.

I love Lia so much, there are no words that can describe how much I respect her and adore her.
I am looking forward to celebrating with her all month long:) and to keep building our relationship in the years to come!

Happy 4th birthday my big girl! I love you "the most in the world"(hachi ba'olam) !!!

My Maya

2008-01-29T21:55:00.001-08:00

Reposting

2008-01-26T20:42:00.000-08:00

I've decided to give it another try and repost again, see if the photos will show up this time.
Hopefully this will work!

Have a great weekend!

Happy Tu BiShvat!

2008-01-26T15:27:00.001-08:00

We're celebrating Tu BiShvat tomorrow, a Jewish holiday that mentions the new year for the trees. The symbolic tree is the almond tree that every year at this time blossoms with its delicate beautiful flowers in Israel. This time last year I remember the almond trees in our neighborhood were in full bloom and I was so happy to see the almond tree near our house with its first few flowers today!

A few days ago I took a little nature walk while the girls were at school, a little something I treated my self with. It was gloomy that day. I need the sun in order to feel good, but even though it was so gray I found comfort and fascination in this interesting tree, with the sun trying so hard to show it self through the clouds and the branches.

Life is so full of surprises and even though we think we know what will happen next, we often find our selves wrong. Life has also exposed me to inspiring powerful people. Today I found out about my sister in law's friend, Bekah. Bekah is a lovely twenty three year old battling Hodgkins Lymphoma for the second time. I read her blog this morning and was shocked to find an amazing beautiful person! She touched my heart and I can't stop thinking about her and wishing her all the luck and health in the world!
This is her blog: http://truebeautyneverhurries.blogspot.com/
These next 3
photos of flowers make me think of her. She is a flower. A beautiful powerful young flower.

Yesterday we actually stepped outside to our back yard. Lia was a great helper, helping me to clean the garden a little, preparing it possibly for some new sowing/planting. We really should do something since it is Tu BiShvat.

And to celebrate the holiday properly we've been making fruit salads for dessert for several days now. On Tu BiShvat we eat lots of nuts, dried fruit and fresh ones too. These fruit salads are so yummy with all this goodness nature has to offer. MMM... YUM!

Blogger problems

2008-01-23T22:21:00.000-08:00

There seems to be some kind of a problem here on blogger. My prior post photos have disappeared a day after I posted them. The problem is even more severe, since it's almost impossible to find a way to contact the blogger "customer service" that seems to not exist, or maybe it does and I just can't find it. Anyway, I hope someone out there will be able to help me with this.
I would post a photo, but it most likely won't show up...

Happy Tu BiShvat!

2008-01-21T14:40:00.000-08:00

We're celebrating Tu BiShvat tomorrow, a Jewish holiday that mentions the new year for the trees. The symbolic tree is the almond tree that every year at this time blossoms with its delicate beautiful flowers in Israel. This time last year I remember the almond trees in our neighborhood were in full bloom and I was so happy to see the almond tree near our house with its first few flowers today!

A few days ago I took a little nature walk while the girls were at school, a little something I treated my self with. It was gloomy that day. I need the sun in order to feel good, but even though it was so gray I found comfort and fascination in this interesting tree, with the sun trying so hard to show it self through the clouds and the branches.

Life is so full of surprises and even though we think we know what will happen next, we often find our selves wrong. Life has also exposed me to inspiring powerful people. Today I found out about my sister in law's friend, Bekah. Bekah is a lovely twenty three year old battling Hodgkins Lymphoma for the second time. I read her blog this morning and was shocked to find an amazing beautiful person! She touched my heart and I can't stop thinking about her and wishing her all the luck and health in the world!
This is her blog: http://truebeautyneverhurries.blogspot.com/
These next 2 photos of flowers make me think of her. She is a flower. A beautiful powerful young flower.

Yesterday we actually stepped outside to our back yard. We found some new guests there, some huge mushrooms and this guy too.

Lia was a great helper, helping me to clean the garden a little, preparing it possibly for some new sowing/planting. We really should do something since it is Tu BiShvat.

And to celebrate the holiday properly we've been making fruit salads for dessert for several days now. On Tu BiShvat we eat lots of nuts, dried fruit and fresh ones too. These fruit salads are so yummy with all this goodness nature has to offer. MMM... YUM!

2008-01-13T11:43:00.001-08:00

Oh, the sun is out!
Lia amazes me with her drawing skills. This is her friend's portrait she drew and before we gave it to her as a card for her birthday, I had to take a picture of it, was having such a hard time letting go of it. I love her details in the eyes and the teeth. oh, and the blue in the frame is the sea :)

Feeling so tired and weak today. Mikey took Lia to a birthday party and I'm here at home with precious Maya. I just grabbed the camera and took some shots around the house and chose two to put up here.
I love flowers, makes me happy seeing them around the house. I used to think they're tacky, but I guess as I'm growing older I'm revealing and discovering different things about my self.
Another thing I found out about my self when I woke up so tired this morning, is that I really need MY bed to have a good night sleep. We stayed over at friends' house to watch their kids while they were out for the night, Mikey and I, both look like total zombies today!

2008-01-06T16:02:00.001-08:00

I am not having the best mood lately. We've had, how can I say this... Crazy, hectic last two weeks! The girls have been on their break from preschool, and man these only two mornings per week that I have for my self are much much needed and appreciated by now! It's also been stormy the last few days, with this leaving the girls stuck at home with way extra energy, and me with none... The house is in chaos, laundry never ends, Mikey's been having drill this w/e so he wasn't home (on his way back now) and I am so ordering pizza tonight!

Mikey made another Challah last Thursday and this one came great! There are still a couple of things to correct, so he'll try this one recipe again and see how it comes out. The yeast worked like magic this time. Yummy!

Have a wonderful week!

Happy, healthy and full of love 2008!

2008-01-01T14:43:00.001-08:00

Last night was the last night of 2007. It's never really a big deal to me, for some reason, the last day of the year, or the first day of the year. I never have new years resolutions, probably because all I see is people failing in accomplishing them all around me. Most days of the year I keep thinking of what I can do/make better. Most days of the year I think about goals, I have dreams, wishes, and Most days of the year I appreciate what I have in life.
This is us celebrating together last night in the living room. Lia went to the cd player and as she pushed "play" she said: I'm doing a dance party! And we did. We danced together and had a blast together, the four of us :)
Mikey and I couldn't even keep our eyes open till midnight, and went to bed before...

The challah we (Mikey) made last Thursday came out real tasty, but there was some problem with the yeast, so something wasn't right with its texture. We'll try to make another one in a couple of days and if that one comes out well, I'll post the recipe.
These last two photos are from the past w/e. This one is Saturday night, Mikey and I were being silly and it was so much fun. A little too crazy maybe, Mikey made me laugh so bad while my mother was trying to talk with me on the phone (from Israel)...
On Sunday we went to Tilden Park for a ride on the steam train. The girls love it!
They always get so excited on the train and it's so great to see them like that!
The girls are napping right now, and Mikey is home, so I'm going to take a walk.

To a great wonderful healthy 2008!!

2007-12-27T15:03:00.001-08:00

Man, I am so tired... and also not very motivated to do anything.
The girls are having their winter break at school, and I wish I could make it more exciting for them then staying in pj's half day long...!
So we didn't do much the whole morning, then we had a lame lunch, then I gave them a bath (the highlight of their day), and now they're napping. Hhhhaaaaa.... I need to go take a really warm shower as soon as I'm done here!
This is Lia falling asleep in her princess sofa after insisting she is going only to rest, that is no sleeping included. Ha, yeah right. What a cutie.

We always get challah bread for shabbat from school, but since there is no school we're thinking of baking one! If we really do this, which I hope we will, I will def. let you know how it came out :)

Good to be in Cali

2007-12-20T21:25:00.000-08:00

We moved here, to the bay area from Boston area (Lynn, MA) about a year and a half ago. We ran away from the cold weather and the snow. Now the girls are begging to go somewhere where it snows and they want to play with snow. This evening we pretended we're in the snow. The girls wore fleece hats and mittens, we built a pretend snowman and threw pretend snow balls at each other... Oh, thank goodness we're in California and not Mass!
Lia was a bit challenging today. she had a good few moments of acting out and when she got mad at me for making her stop playing with her baby so she can come and brush teeth, she did something she never does - she hit me!
Well, she sat in time out and then we had a talk, to make sure she understands what she did that was wrong. It took a while for her to stop being so angry and cooperate with the conversation, but she did eventually and then apologized in the sweetest way ever and kissed me and hugged me. We cuddled and I just didn't want to let go of her.
Before the girls went to bed, we read a book and they were unbelievable: While I was reading, Lia sat Maya on her lap, just like a mommy taking care of her baby. So this photo is only one of many other beautiful moments they were having tonight right before bed :)
Mikey is still in OH and I miss him so much. Things are just not well when he travels, I don't think we know how to handle the "being away from each other" very well. He should be back tomorrow early afternoon. I can't wait. We'll have a nice Shabbat dinner all the four of us.

Sleepy Beauties

2007-12-18T22:47:00.000-08:00

Oh... Today was pretty miserable. I woke up with a headache that didn't leave till about noon, I was cold all the time, and so tired.
And today was also wonderful. Lia and Maya were so sweet and loving today, as if understanding that because Mikey left to Ohio this morning and I was alone with them they needed to be thoughtful and nice to me.
Well, you can see my adorable sleeping beauties, who were more like sleepy beauties today.

I'm finally off to bed! goodnight!

Today and a year ago

2007-12-16T19:33:00.000-08:00

This weekend flew by too fast. We didn't get nearly enough time together and Mikey is leaving to OH for most of this coming week :(
Lia and Maya have been amazing. They are such good friends and loving sisters. Watching them over the weekend made me very nostalgic and I've decided to look for a photo of them from a year ago. Sure enough, I found a bunch of them ;) It's unbelievable how much they've changed. In these photos they look like babies, and now they are girls. The same pj's Lia is wearing here in the photo, is exactly the pj's Maya is wearing tonight.

12/16/2006

This morning Mikey put on this dancey Indian music. It was great, I danced for a while and it made me feel really good. Then Maya, after observing me and my waist and arm+hand movements went ahead and did her thing. This girl can bust a move! I'm so proud of her!

Have a wonderful warm week!

Together

2007-12-13T15:17:00.000-08:00

We are no longer celebrating Hanukkah. I'm pretty glad it's over... It's been too long of a party. 8 nights of partying, never getting enough sleep and eating way too much!
The last night of Hanukkah is always the nicest, since all the candles are lit and it's such a pretty sight. For the last night we had our friends over, it was so much fun! I love having friends and family members over, it's so much fun to be with people you love and feel good with. To celebrate together, to eat together, drink together, play together, share conversations/feelings/emotions/theories/opinions, sometimes even cry together.

When I think about my life, It makes me feel so happy and safe knowing I have my precious family with me. Mikey, Lia, and Maya are the biggest loves of my life!
I was thinking about it today, and suddenly thought how scary could be waking up one morning finding out nothing of this ever really happened to me. I know, I probably sound crazy... Well I guess I'm not far from that. but man, I'm one fortunate crazy woman to have these three in my life!

Lia today showed some pretty amazing knowledge in the Hebrew Aleph Bet. She looked at a book with pictures of objects and each object had its word written underneath it. She asked me: אמא, כדור וכסא מתחילים בשני כ?
She was asking me if these 2 words started with the same letter that's called "kaf" (k/c sound), and she was right!!!! I was shocked! and so excited! That wasn't all, then she asked:
במה מתחילה מכונית? I replied: מ . So she asked: כמו מאיה?
She basically asked me in which letter this one word started with. The word means a car and it starts with the letter that is M in English, so she asked: Like Maya?

The girls are now so much into art projects, so we made here last night dreidel boxes that came out so cute!

Well, I'm exhausted. I have to stop eating so much, and thinking about it doesn't help...!
I still have a committee to go to tonight from the girls' school and I don't really feel like it. i eat too much, that gets me fat, which leads to not feeling comfortable enough wearing the clothes I have, which leads to not wanting to get out of the house...
Oh, I did something for my self today! I bought earrings! I haven't been wearing earrings since Lia was a baby because I felt it wasn't safe holding her, nursing her with them in my ears, so I took them off. Well, the girls are old enough now and they're getting so into the pretty princess thing that I thought it would make them happy to see me getting one step closer to being what they like so much ;)
Have a wonderful weekend!
Shabbat Shalom!

In love

2007-12-10T22:05:00.001-08:00

Today was a very emotional day for me. I just woke up in the morning like this. And then, at around midday we finally got the package my family sent us from Israel for Hanukkah. My amazing sister, Amit sent us a 120 minute long DVD full of Israeli children's songs, and I'm talking about those I was listening to and singing when I was a little girl! Black and white videos of funny people wearing funny 70's and 80's clothes. It took me right back in time and my childhood passed right in front of my eyes. I cried so much, I had to hide in the kitchen so the girls don't see me like that.
The girls are so amazing to me, I am so so in love with them. And since we are celebrating right now the festival of lights, I have to say they are the biggest-brightest light in my life!
This morning Maya bumped into Lia accidentally, so she kissed her to make the pain go away.
... it worked :)

My precious babies. They are asleep at this moment (11:40pm) and after being with them the whole day, I still miss them so much. I'll go kiss them in a minute.

I am so fortunate to have these amazing girls! Thank you my love!

Have a happy Tuesday!

Lazy

2007-12-09T11:08:00.000-08:00

It's Sunday. We're throwing a Hanukkah party tonight!
Mikey took Maya to a birthday party so they can have some one on one time together, that barely ever happens. I'm so excited about it and can't wait to hear how the morning went for the both of them together.
Meanwhile, Lia and I are here, at home spending some real good lazy quality time together!
I'm supposed to move it and take care of all the 3,5291 loads of laundry waiting to be folded here and feeling SO lazy...
Well, from the time I started writing this post, I got 2 phone calls telling me some people are not going to show up tonight, it is the sick season after all.
Here is a photo of my princess Lia who can't wait to celebrate tonight. She's such a party girl :)

Yeah, so instead of cleaning the house and decorating and cooking we haven't even washed our faces yet since we got up this morning and even though took some lazy photos of us ;)

It's time to move it and start preparing for the party.
Have a wonderful week!

The latke queen

2007-12-07T15:17:00.000-08:00

The other day I chatted a little with my dear cousin from Australia (love you Yaaronet), and she said I haven't shown photos of my self for a while. So last night I took some photos of my very very tired self... I'll have to try again some time next week, I miss taking photos of my self.

Yesterday I volunteered to make latkes at the temple for Maya's class. Another mom helped me and we had a great time cooking together. Of course we were a great match, since she let me control the whole thing and boss her around, the control freak that I am in the kitchen.
I'm sure some people think to them selves right now: only in the kitchen?? Alright, I'm a control freak sometimes.
I should probably explain what latkes are: latkes are potato pancakes. They are traditional Jewish food for Hanukkah. Traditionally, you grate potatoes, mix them with some eggs and flour and... fry them, yes that's right, with a lot of oil! It's so good, it's bad! But I make them even better ;) I don't make potato latkes. I make potato-onion-carrot latkes, and sweet potato/yam-onion latkes, and zucchini-onion latkes and... everything latkes!
I wish I could write down here the recipe, but I never follow any, and I never measure and that's too bad, because I think others should be able to make them too!
Anyway, yesterday when I was done cooking at the temple, it was about 20 minutes before Maya finished her school day. So I went and grabbed Lia out of her class to eat some latkes with Maya's class. When Lia and I walked into Maya's class, Maya was busy drawing. It took her a few seconds to see us, and when she did, she called: "Imaaaa!" (=mommyyyy!) happily and kept drawing! What? How could it be...? Was this really my Maya?? She wasn't crying, or emotional at all, she wasn't squeezing me and clinging on to me, she wasn't holding my leg or grabbing my pants! My Maya is starting to like school! She became so much more outgoing in the last couple of weeks. I love her so much, that when I think about all the changes that have been made in her lately, it makes me so emotional. She is growing and from a toddler she's becoming a girl. I'm going to cry.

This is the amazing Hanukkiah Maya made at school. It's crazy how it looks like her drawings - she has been drawing circles in a line, like a train for the last couple of months. It's so Maya, I love it!
This is Lia's Hanukkiah she made at school. I cannot believe the order. There is such a clear pattern with the candle holders! She's so brilliant!
Last night we were supposed to go celebrate Hanukkah with our friends in Tiburon. One of their children was not feeling 100% well, and even though I was really looking forward to going there (haven't seen them since July!!), we decided to stay at home.It was rainy here yesterday and we were tired. It felt so perfect to just stay at home last night. Just the 4 of us. We lit the candles and had a really good dinner and then opened the presents.

Lia got a special Tinkerbell coloring book with special markers and Maya got a doctor's kit! She's been "doctoring" us around ever since, it's great!
I love looking at the Hanukkias (Menorahs) in the dark. I guess some things don't change, how we love fire when we're kids and when we grow that fascination doesn't go away, it sticks with us. It gives me such a warm feeling.

Well, Maya just got up from her nap, and she's sitting on my lap cuddling with me. I should go and cook dinner. We're having a small Shabbat dinner tonight, cause we're going to temple later for a "Shabbanukkah" service (Shabbat&Chanukkah ;).

Have a great weekend!
Shabbat Shalom!

First night, first light

2007-12-04T19:52:00.000-08:00

Today was the first night of Hanukkah. The girls went to school in the morning, that gave me some time to run errands, including shopping for gifts for them for the holiday.
Both girls had a wonderful day at school. For Lia it's a usual thing. Maya on the other hand is a different story. Maya was breastfed until she was just about 2 years old (last April), and somehow, even though I stopped breastfeeding her, she acts as if she's still a breastfed child. I call it "in my vein". So since she started going to school last September until today, it's been heart breaking to drop her off with all her crying for me wanting me and no one else. Oh yes, there's never a babysitter or anyone else with her at home but me! Anyway, when I came to pick her up from school, her teachers told me she had an amazing day! I LOVED hearing it! I needed to hear something like that after walking around the whole morning with the vision of her wanting to cry for me being held and comforted by me. Today, for the first time she made art projects and was very interactive and all I want to say is that I am so so proud of my Maya!
When Lia got out of her class she showed me this cute dreidel she had made all by her self. I asked her if it was for me, and she said "no, it's for Maya". We walked into Maya's class together and sure enough Maya was just finishing up some art project, came with it to Lia and said "it's a gift for you" and they exchanged the gifts they made for each other. big sigh :)
My girls make me so positive, and emotional, and happy! I love them more than anything!

When we got home I gave them a bath and actually took pictures of them. something I used to do when they were babies probably every day and haven't done in a while. When I look at these photos, I can sense their beautiful energy and their amazing interaction with each other.

We played "koo-koo" (peek-a-boo)

While Mikey was cooking dinner, the girls and I played with the dreidels. They loved it and were so fascinated.

When dinner was ready we lit the candles in the Hannukia (Menorah) .

The girls, in some weird way have... I guess I can say a yamaka fetish. They took aba's (daddy's) yamaka and had some fun with it ;)

I don't think I've mentioned here yet how fortunate I am to have Mikey in my life! I will have to keep writing about this one later on some other day when it is not 12:20am (yes, this is late for me). He is the most amazing father ever and the girls have so much fun with him!

Present opening time! Since Lia already has a suitcase, Maya keeps asking for one. So this is what she got. Lia got a play yard (we call it crib) for her babies and was soooo happy.
Then Maya started complaining, she wanted a crib for her babies as well.

So we made a crib for her baby out of her suitcase!
Happy happy Hannukah everyone!!!

I'm blogging!

2007-12-02T16:17:00.000-08:00

Do you think I'm excited about this blog? Yeah, I'm out of control, and it's great :)
We never got around to baking anything yesterday, so we did it this morning. My two sweet little bakers and I made Aleph-Bet cookies (the Hebrew Alpha Bet) and we finally got to use one of the many many gifts Savta (Grandmother in Hebrew) sent us a while ago - the Aleph-Bet cookie cutters.
Lia and Maya were so good and loved playing with the dough. I was surprised to see them focused on these cookies for quite a while. I also took advantage and we did a lot of letter talking and spelling names and words in Hebrew. They make me so happy when they speak Hebrew, because it really doesn't matter what I do with them, as long as they live here, Hebrew will not be the stronger language.

My goofy princess Maya. She's such a funny bunny! I just want to squeeze-eat-kiss her ALL the time! She's so cuddly and soft!
The dough that came out wasn't ideal for this kind of cookies, but if you're still interested, the cookie recipe calls for:
1.5 cups flour
1 cup sugar (we used 3/4 of a cup and it's sweet enough)
1 cup pecans - just put them in a zip lock bag and take your aggression out on them and get as close as you can to a powder
2 sticks of butter
A splash of vanilla

Mix those all together and if you wish to use cookie cutters, flatten the dough on a floured surface and work it;)

This is my name in Hebrew. סיון
Soaking the cookie cutters
And... TADDDAM! This is the end result... Visually bad, but man! They are addictive! Yummy!

Have a wonderful week!

First

2007-12-01T15:47:00.001-08:00

So here, I'm actually doing this, writing a blog!
Personally, I think I'm out of my mind to even start something like this. 24 hours a day is not nearly enough for me to do all that I have to and barely ever accomplish anything anyway... But, I'm going to give it a try.
Mikey has drill this w/e, and that sucks! I hate when he has to be away, and especially during the w/e, when we usually do so much together.
This morning I was so tired and couldn't even imagine getting out of bed before 7am. Little did I know Lia and Maya had different plans. They came to bed and we snuggled there together for a while. Then we had the longest breakfast and just took the rest of the day easy (still wearing our pj's). Now the girls are asleep, taking a nap, which is my golden opportunity to take a shower! yay!!! Later, I'll try to do something fun with them, like baking something that's not so healthy ;)

We ate for breakfast:
fried eggs, scrambled, cottage cheese, home made tahini, israeli salad (chopped vegetables with olive oil, salt & pepper) and toasts. of course I had coffee. Israeli ;)

I'm going to step into that shower I promised to my self I'd take earlier, so I can be ready for my precious princesses when they get up :)

Hope you all have a wonderful w/e!