We are at the Great Wolf Lodge in Pennsylvania at the moment. It is without doubt the most exciting hotel for kids you could ever imagine. Not only are there themed rooms with wolf dens for kids equipped with bunk beds & tvs, but there is an indoor water park, an interactive magician's quest throughout the whole hotel, an amusement arcade, a spa just for kids, a starbucks, gift shop, kids club and a magnificent talking clock that performs a bed time story play at 8 & 9pm every night!
Yesterday we took the kids horse riding in the snow. It was incredible! Unfortunately I left my camera behind in the car just to be safe so I didnt manage to get a photo of Millie fast asleep on a horse throughout the 45 minute ride in the woods!

[this space is reserved for my trip to England]

Yoav had his chumash play & ceremony a few weeks ago. It was an incredible performance that brought me to tears (for all the right reasons!). It was so beautifully choreographed and put together, and you could see how much effort everyone had put into making it so well polished.

In a performance of a song of Avram Fried's, where hashem offers the Torah to all the countries & all but Israel say 'yes', Yoav & his friend Ezra played 'England'! Here he is with his Union Jack and very dapper suit...

We had to go get some administrative things sorted last week, and had to pull the kids out of school early so they could come with. James wrote notes for Elinoa & Yoav to give to their teachers, and then he put his pen away. A few minutes later, I found Millie hiding in the food cupboard, crying. When I asked her what was wrong, she just said "I HAVE A TEACHER TOO!"
Bless her, she's such a real person and we forget how she understands everything that goes on.