Partners in Crime

I think I'm going to just concede defeat right now. I am outnumbered and am CLEARLY the underdog here. Each of my boys has alot of ........... energy but when they pool their resources, they are crazy!!!!

Yesterday morning I put my head down on the couch for TEN minutes. See, I was a bit tired since theyd woken up at 4:00 AM that morning. In that TEN minutes, they managed to open up a bag of chocolate chips, 3 packages of tissues, a tub of chumus, and cottage cheese. They proceded to dump all of these items on the floor. Yitzchok Zevi tapped me on the shoulder and said, "Look, Mommy, we are makin a chocolate cake for shabbos!"

This morning they both disappeared to the back of the apartment. I decided to give them a little space and waited a few minutes to follow. Apparently it only takes five minutes to turn 6 towers of neatly piled empty boxes (waiting to be used G-d willing soon..........) into a sea of box. In addition, Aryeh Leib was delighted to learn that when you overturn a box filled with stuff, the contents spill out everywhere. Yitzchok Zevi was the one who enlightened him to this reality. Unfortunately for them, they both learned that doing this makes mommy REALLY MAD.

I'm going to sleep.

We Moved!

So I finally found that cord that I use to transfer pics from my digital..........who says that moving organizes you? Anyhoo, we are back and while there are no promises for a blog every day, we will try to be a little more consistent.

Welcome to Beitar- "Ir haTorah b'harei Yehuda"! A Torah city in the Judean Mountains. It is so unbelievably beautiful here. There is nothing that I can say that could do justice to the beauty. Have no fear though- I'll post pleanty of pics. Beitar is an oasis of green surrounded by red desert mountain. There's one strip that I pass where I am forced to comment on the beauty each and every time. Y'all will just have to come visit us and experience it for yourselves.

Thank G-d, I must say that our adjustment has been quite smooth. Yitzchok Zevi is enjoying cheder though he asks me daily when he'll have his Rebbe. I don't have the heart to tell him that he won't have a Rebbe for another 2 years! For now he'll have to be satisfied with Mowa (Morah) Tami and Mowa Chaya.

Jason is thrilled with his kollel. He really appreciates being able to learn locally after having travelled all the way to the old city for a zman. He always said that he wanted to find somewhere at the end of the earth to just sit and learn in peace. He found it. His kollel is at the very tip of Beitar. If you go any farther you literally fall off the mountain. All he can see from the bais medrish is desert!

My boys and I are, of course, getting to know all of the parks (sand parks- ugh) and any other place we can find to get really dirty. We have a good time. Here are pics of us getting- surprise- very messy!

Note: Aryeh Leib got a hair cut since my last blog..................I had mentioned to Jason in passing that I wanted to get AL's hair cut. I MEANT a trim. He decided to surprise me and surprise me he did! What you see in the pics is 4 weeks POST hair cut. He looks like he could join his big brother in cheder!