Wow! We are doing really well at the moment getting the kids to pose for photos, and we even got a photo of all 5 of us (after 18 attempts..) The kids really enjoyed their Thanksgiving break (for the majority of us who really have no idea what Thanksgiving is about, see this great site here which explains it all www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=mini_home&mini_id=1083
Most importantly, Thanksgiving means finishing early Wednesday afternoon and not going back to school until Monday! The kids have had so many lazy days of sleeping in and late nights watching DVDs, they are going to find Monday tough!
New Millie words/phrases/songs: Stop it, dont touch, ice cream, change mimi nappy, fekfork (breakfast), Klunch (lunch), foken (broken), tickle, sticker, daddy go ferk (daddy went to work), aye yai yipee (she'll be coming round the mountain).
Yoav has started ice skating lessons and was doing so well after his first lesson, i think he is going to be really good at it. Elinoa wants to have drumming lessons...hmmmm...

I'm happy to hear that some one out there is reading our blog!

A few people have asked us to take a photo of the outside of the house. I was outdoors with Millie today in the back garden so I took a few pics of the house & the garden (I said to Millie "Mummy is just going inside to get her camera" and she said "Mimi?photo?")

As you can see from the photos, the weather is beautiful today - last night however it poured for hours and there were heavy storms which knocked down trees and destroyed houses in some parts of the country! So, kind of confusing when deciding what to wear in the morning..
At the bottom of the garden we have a little stream and a bridge, which the kids think is very cool. Its about the only thing they get excited about in the garden - we did buy a swing set but its still sitting in a box in the garage with missing pieces which still havent arrived. Good to know it doesnt just happen in Israel!


 

Millie attended her very first birthday party on Sunday! She talked about it non-stop after she received the invitation and was so excited that finally she was invited to a 'birday - partee'. Millie's friend Paige had a party at a local gymboree center with singing, dancing, bubbles, pizza and cake - when I asked Millie if she had a good time, she said "fun"...


 

James and I went to Washington DC from November 1st-2nd. We drove down to DC and spent the evening at a comedy club called the DC Improv, where we saw a hypnotic show. The next morning, James had a business meeting so i enjoyed the hotel gym and did a bit of shopping. In the afternoon, we took a tour on an amphibous vehicle called a Ducw (pronounced 'duck'), which was used during WWII. It was a bus which could also function as a boat, so in 1.5 hrs we managed to see most of the famous sights of DC by land and water! After the tour, we hooked up with a long lost relative (Lou) who is now living and working in Washington - that was majorly exciting! Here are a few pics that i took from the duck..