Summer's here!

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 ;)