Gedalya, Tzviya, and Achinoam's World

Mr. G playin' Air Guitar- Video

2012-01-29T21:32:00.001+02:00

Last Week and Spaghetti and Hot Dog Monsters

2012-01-18T13:34:00.001+02:00

eeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!! The kids found this both gross and fun!

Achinoam sings Shabbat songs..

2012-01-13T09:52:00.000+02:00

Well, first it's shabbat, then chanukah, then shabbat again. You'll see. As Arieli put it, we need another holiday asap.

The Birthday Song with Bunny

2012-01-12T21:12:00.000+02:00

Achinoam rocks the house once again while she sings Bunny the birthday song she knows from gan (preschool).

Hayom Yom Huledet leBunny! (Video)

2012-01-12T13:09:00.001+02:00

Neta Laughs, and More Giggles...

2012-01-12T06:00:00.000+02:00

Gorgeous!

2012-01-11T13:37:00.001+02:00

I wonder where they get the goofy gene?

Neta's First TV Show

2012-01-11T13:08:00.000+02:00

Yup- this is Neta's first time watching TV! I can claim I'm the one who introduced him..hmmm...don't know if I should have printed that...Adena let me, I promise!

Everyone has fun with Neta!

G and A totally raise the bar for this song...

2012-01-08T09:51:00.000+02:00

Some Sunday morning humor...G and A raise the bar.

Summer Visit with Savta and Zaidy

2012-01-05T20:54:00.000+02:00

There's no better reason to post these pictures of our summer visit with Savta and Zaidy than just because we miss them. I wish we could pop over there and say hello, but we are just a bit too far. One of the huge drawbacks of living across the ocean. Looking forward to our next visit, whenever that will be!

Mr. G's Show and Family Time

2012-01-04T10:46:00.000+02:00

They might be seemingly unrelated but were next to each other in my picture folder, so I will come up with a connection! Savta came to G's show and it made him so happy! We also recently enjoyed seeing Neta Shalom at our Chanuka party! (was that good enough?)

Fun from Chanuka

2012-01-03T10:26:00.000+02:00

These lovely photos were taken by Sabba.

This picture is Ima working on her mediation skills. Both girls hugged and made up in the end...

My Lovely Headbanded Child

2012-01-02T21:07:00.003+02:00

She loves all of Savta's treats.

More Chanuka Dancing!

2012-01-02T09:21:00.001+02:00

This amazing dance is Gedalya's current favorite song. It's called "Mi She'maamin Lo Lefached". Achinoam learned the dance too. I'll post that one later. Enjoy!This was the girls dance at Gedalya's party.

My boy has serious talent!

2012-01-01T12:42:00.001+02:00

We all knew this, but this video just illustrates one of the many talents that make up Gedalya.

Achinoam's Mesibat Chanuka

2011-12-21T20:49:00.000+02:00

Achinoam's party was low-key this year, but we had fun- especially with all the sufganiot at the end. It was really hard to get a good shot of her in all these videos, so enjoy what you see! Chanuka Sameach!

Some Holiday Cheer- Achinoam's Kad Katan

2011-12-18T12:41:00.001+02:00

Achinoam (with the help of Tzviya and Gedalya) singing Kad Katan. These videos are very silly- just warning you!

Tzviya's Mesibat Chanukah Dec. 2011- Lu Yehi!

2011-12-10T19:36:00.001+02:00

Tzviya's mesibat chanukah was on Friday and she was fantastic! This goes on record for the first year she didn't cry and was not at all clingy- she did everything (as you'll see). Tzviya- we're so proud of you! What a big girl you are! Chanukah sameach!Limor's Dvar Torah (Tzviya's Gannenet)First SongMaccabiot searching for the kelim from the Beit HamikdashDancingLu Yehi- Last song

Gedalya's Commercial

2011-11-22T10:58:00.001+02:00

We are very proud of Gedalya for doing this really big ad for misrad hatamat. He was really mature about the whole thing and kind of liked 'pretending' for the camera. These are some pictures Rafi caught on the way to work.

Here's a link to the video of the commercial (warning: It's a tear jerker)http://www.moital.gov.il/CmsTamat/Rsrc/Betichut2011/Betichut.html

Summer Fun (oldies but goodies)

2011-11-15T08:41:00.001+02:00

2011-11-13T19:38:00.001+02:00

In this video, Achinoam decides that instead of petting the goat, she'd rather pet Abba instead.

2011-11-13T12:21:00.001+02:00

This video speaks for itself. Can't stop cracking up. She's become quite the comedian...

Happy 2nd Birthday to Achinoam!

2011-06-15T21:18:00.000+03:00

These pictures speak for themselves and she WAS sitting in that special chair still at the end of the day. She also chose to wear her patent leather shoes to the event.

Recent Gedalya

2011-06-03T05:00:00.002+03:00

Recent Musings:

1. "Ima, Abba is more stronger than you."

"Why?"

"Because he's a better juke catcher."

2. "Ima, you know why I'm not scared of bad people?"

"No, why?"

"Because if there's a bad person, I'll just become Yehuda Hamaccabi and go froom froom froom and get rid of them. That's why you need to buy me a sword and shield."

3. "Ima, on Yom Yerushalayim can we go visit Yerushalayim? Because it's kadosh so I want to go."

Cohen family visits Jerusalem Biblical Zoo

2011-06-02T18:00:00.000+03:00

Recent Tzviyali

2011-06-02T05:00:00.001+03:00

Here is Tzviya's recent bucket list. If anyone can help her out, we'd all appreciate it:

To do:
Hold a small pig
Walk a dog on a leash
Be a baby again
Stand on a big pile of books (don't know where this came from)
Fly in an air balloon
Eat cupcakes like in Fancy Nancy

Recent Achinoam

2011-06-01T05:00:00.001+03:00

Quotable quotes:
Shabbat morning as I'm putting on my shoes, I hear "oooh I like those" (sounded like one 18 year old friend to another) Note: She is still almost 2.

"Myslef. NO! By MYSELF!!!!!"

"Tzviya stop it!"

"Tzviya copying me." (they really play nicely together, really!)

"Come everyone, It's SUPPER TIME!" and similar "Come to the table Everyone!"

To a person also wearing shoes: "Lechaim shoes!", to a person also with a popsicle: "LeChaim popsicle!" (also for skirts, shirts, chips, dinner, etc)

Our trip to the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens and some goofballs...

2011-05-31T13:00:00.001+03:00

Not sure why this post never got published, but better late than never!

These pictures are all pretty much self-explanatory. We had a necessary and much-needed, fun post-hospital vacation after Miss. A came home and one day we went to the Botanical Gardens. We basically strolled through the woods for the afternoon and took a train ride. It was lets just say, mamash gevaldig! (and I never use Yiddish- how would you convey that in English? Magical!)

Abba is a lawyer!

2011-05-31T11:10:00.000+03:00

I never posted these but here are Rafi's much awaited pictures from his graduation!
Mazal tov Abba!!

Pics from the weekend on Kibbutz Yavne

2011-05-16T05:00:00.008+03:00

Drinking the Shoko Yaacov made for us...

Peeking out from under her cup!

Bottoms up!

Family pictures

Videos from Yavne- Achinoam dancing with Adena!

2011-05-15T14:32:00.000+03:00

Yakov & Adena- Thanks for these great videos! Too bad I didn't realize you were taping....
Achinoam is SO CUTE and has great moves, what do you say?

Tzviya and the goats

2010-12-23T10:38:00.000+02:00

Here Tzviya is minding her own business when 2 goats approach her. She bravely defends herself. Disclaimer: She was TOTALLY fine after. She just really doesn't like goats.

Holiday Cheer 2

2010-12-21T15:21:00.000+02:00

No, this isn't exactly like yesterday's posts! Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes!!

Irish Intro

Awesome job Gedalya!!

A MUST WATCH!

Holiday Cheer 1

2010-12-20T01:00:00.000+02:00

Some videos from Tzviya's Chanuka Bash...Mr. G's will be up tomorrow, not to worry. We're an equal opportunities family.

This video came out pretty poorly, but you still see Tzviyoosh sitting beside Limor, her favourite teacher...she's also very proud of herself because only a few kids were in this song. Yay Tzviya!

Choshech!

Litzachnu!!!

LOTS OF LATKES!! THE SONG!

Sufganiya metuka!

Hodu L'Hashem Ki Tov

2010-12-19T11:55:00.000+02:00

For those of you who think we just dropped off the face of the Earth, it certainly feels like we did. Some of you may know, but for those who don't, Achinoam was very sick with something called H.U.S. We stayed in the hospital and took care of her at home for all of November. We have a lot of thanks to give to Gd for the fact that she has recovered and is back in school and back to her normal self, so THANK YOU! A lot of prayer was done for her and a lot of good deeds. We hope people continue to pray and do good deeds for others who need the help. Here are some pictures from the day we got back from the hospital.

Song of Noach: Some might remember this...

2010-10-07T21:10:00.000+02:00

...but that never stopped me from re-posting, right? It's just too cute!

Stamping with Corks

2010-10-06T01:00:00.003+02:00

Since it's our anniversary week (Happy Anniversary Sweetie! 6 years!), this craft project is dedicated to hearts.

I took a leftover cork from our Shabbat wine and cut it out with an exacto knife.

You can use acrylic paint for the stamping- here I used gouache.

You can cut out cards from scrap paper, or use blank white or cream ones. Here, I had some cream colored Crane cards left over.

Mix the paints, use lots of color, and start stamping!

I'm going to cut more patterns into future corks and make a whole set, but for now, we'll have fun with hearts.

Special thanks to The Lettered Set for this idea!

And now, back to life!

2010-10-05T13:57:00.001+02:00

We took this picture on Sukkot- I know, it looks like Purim. But isn't every day Purim? At our house it is!

Netilat Lulav at the Cohens

2010-09-29T01:00:00.002+02:00

Miss A is still too young, but she can say AMEN!

More Birthday Fun!

2010-09-28T01:00:00.002+02:00

Some more videos from T's party!

Why I love Silly Banz

2010-09-27T01:00:00.014+02:00

Exclusive interview with Princess T describing her love of the new fad, silly banz

This video is dedicated to new Savta with love!

Tzviya's love of balloons!

2010-09-26T01:00:00.002+02:00

We should all have this much passion for everything in life!

Pic of the day!

2010-09-24T08:00:00.000+02:00

Moadim Lesimcha!

Tzviya's Birthday Pics!

2010-09-24T01:00:00.001+02:00

Tzviya's Third Birthday Party

Crafting for Sukkot

2010-09-22T13:49:00.003+02:00

We really enjoy doing art projects all together. It's a bit difficult managing to help 3 little ones all at the same time, but here are two projects that are fairly easy for a 3-4 year old to do on their own.

First: Paper Chains

For this project you'll need:
Colored paper
Scissors
Stapler
Crayons/Markers
Glue stick
Sparkles / glitter
Ribbon/string
Hole puncher

You can color the paper first or for older kids, color the individual strips. Cut paper into strips or buy ready made strips (5 NIS at craft stores in Raanana). Dot glue at one end and make a circle out of the strip. Thread the next strip through the first, dot the end with glue, and glue together. Keep going for as long as you want.

On Challahcrumbs, they add some magen davids to the chain which makes it looks extra nice.

Foam Mobile for the Sukkah!
For the second project, you'll need:

Foam rimonim or any shape (use more than one for a mobile)

googly eyes

paint/markers

paper clips (for sticking through the top)

fishing wire/ribbon/string (for tying it all together)

Paint the foam any way you like (note: we used finger paint but it doesn't work that great with this foam- it also takes forever to dry). Glue eyes on it. Wait for it all to dry. Do the same on the other side. Break the paper clip in half and stick it in the top. To finish it off, tie them together with fishing wire. Voila! My kids love this one.

Vesamachta B'Chagecha!

2010-09-22T12:36:00.001+02:00

Have a wonderful and happy chag!

Here we are with our first sukkah ever!

Us building..

Abba building...

Us on our way home from decorating the shul's sukkah!

we're not always eating, just most of the time...

More on Achinoam and Tzviya's Graduation

2010-09-21T01:00:00.003+02:00

Miss A comes first in the title because she was more amenable to participating in her graduation ceremony. Miss T wanted to just sit on my lap and let me do all the work....yep, up there is the one photo we got.

Fun with Oren at Achinoam's Graduation!

2010-09-20T01:00:00.006+02:00

I know this event was from the summer, but while we're on graduations...
In the summer we were fortunate to have our cousin Oren visit us on his one day off of Ramah Seminar! It happened to be the day that Achinoam and Tzviyali were graduating from daycare. So we brought him along, and we all had fun!

We had such a fun time with you, Oren! Come visit us again soon! But now you'll have to come to Raanana...

Gedalya's Gan Esther Graduation Rehearsal Video

2010-09-19T01:00:00.004+02:00

G'mar tov everyone! Here are some videos of Gedalya's gan graduation to begin the simcha part of the holiday season! Enjoy! He's very very cute, I'm warning you..

He's such a great twirler!

Eize Chamudim!

This one is dedicated with love to Adena & Yaacov!!

And this is the song we have had at every one of our graduations for the last four years! Someone is a little tired...

A Summary of the Summer

2010-09-17T01:00:00.001+02:00

Gmar Chatima Tova!

...and she's off!!

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Kol HaKavod Tzviyali on riding your big-girl bicycle!! We're so proud of you!

Comedy with the Cohens

2010-09-15T01:00:00.001+02:00

Oh how wonderful it is to see them entertaining each other! This is just a small clip.

Achinoam walking series

2010-09-14T08:54:00.000+02:00

First of all Happy Birthday to Tzviyali! You're 3 now! We're having a little party so pictures will be posted then. Now for Achinoam's June birthday...
She's walking with her 1st birthday present...

In this video everyone comes to say hi!

This video features many of Achinoam's tricks. She says "todah" and "moo" for a cow. Then she says "bah" for a sheep and well, you'll see what happens next...

We moved to Raanana!

2010-09-13T14:08:00.004+02:00

Many people have been asking where we've been. Well, all I can say is we've been moving. Enough said...
Here are some pictures from our last days in Jerusalem. I have to say, we really miss Jerusalem (shout out to all our friends there), but we've really been warmly welcomed in Raanana and as one of our friends put it, "we moved from Yerushalayim Ir HaKodesh to Ir HaChesed Raanana". And although we have to be here for a teensy bit longer to judge, we've really felt an outpouring of chessed. So that's really nice for us. Lots more pictures from the summer to come! Gmar Chatima Tova!

This was a picture of our last day in Jerusalem at a play at the mall...

This is a hysterical picture of Ima (that Abba insisted on taking) with some of our boxes outside our building. If you didn't hear our story, after the first movers bailed on us, the second ones came late in the afternoon and emptied 95% of our belongings (boxes, furniture, and all)on to the street. Movers arrived at 9pm and we arrived in Raanana at 3am. But wait, some of the movers slept in the park, got arrested, got released, came back and moved us in while we attended the brit of our new nephew, Tzur.

And these are some of our neighbors. A really eclectic fun group! They threw us a "party" on our last night.

More from June Birthdays!

2010-06-26T01:00:00.001+03:00

A Happy Birthday Achinoam video!!

Modern Uga Uga

2010-06-24T01:00:00.001+03:00

A short clip of Tzviya's modern dance choreography ability.

They're 115 Years Old! Wow!

2010-06-23T01:00:00.003+03:00

Part 2 of the Big Birthday Bash pictures

Sabba, Barry, and Achinoam's Big Birthday Bash!

2010-06-22T01:00:00.002+03:00

many more pictures to follow! Tune in tomorrow!

Sabba's Birthday!!

2010-06-21T01:00:00.000+03:00

This video is up a bit late. Happy Birthday Sabba! It's cute when Gedalya tries to take off your girly crown. He's so thoughtful!

Playing with Naama

2010-06-20T01:00:00.000+03:00

Naama, Gedalya, and Tzviya VERY into the game. Naama- thank you! Have a great summer!

Zeffren, Polsky, Polsky, Cohen, Shnaidman Cousins Dinner

2010-06-17T01:00:00.001+03:00

Whew! That was a long title. I had no idea what to call it this post. Mazal tov to Shoshana and Jason! Adena and Jo, we missed you!! Aron, we're so excited you're staying! Rafi and I are glowing here because we had just found an apartment for next year! Very exciting for us!

Mr. G stands for a picture

2010-06-16T01:00:00.002+03:00

Pre-Shavuot Shoot

Little Achinoam Peep

2010-06-15T01:00:00.000+03:00

There is a nursery rhyme character that comes to mind here...

Happy (English) Birthday Miss. A!! You're One Today!!!!

2010-06-14T01:00:00.002+03:00

Proud of their Shavuot Crowns

This is a traditional pre-shavuot picture.See here.

Everyone Gets a Crown

2010-06-13T01:00:00.002+03:00

A Shabbat Treat

2010-06-11T08:00:00.000+03:00

For a shabbat treat I thought I'd share these sweet pictures from "cousins club" a few weeks ago. Grandma takes us all out for "cousins club" once every couple months. It's something we all really look forward to. We also look forward to the treats that come with it. We all shared this banoffee pie and also some cheescake and brownies and about 24 hours later, we all got stomach viruses. Yes, almost all of us did. So guys, it's nice that we're all so close, but next time maybe we'll each get OUR OWN desserts!

A child's view of Har Sinai

2010-06-11T00:00:00.000+03:00

This video took place around Shavuot time. We were learning all about how b'nei yisrael got the Torah. Gedalya was Moshe and Tzviya was Hashem. They decided this themselves- I had nothing to do with it.

2010-06-10T00:00:00.000+03:00

Disclaimer: I know the content of this video is slightly violent which is why I have to say that in no way do we support giving toy guns to children to play with. This is just what happens when you send your innocent children to gan. However, this video also shows the innate pride that a four-year-old can feel for tzahal...and how much fun it is to make shooting noises from your mouth.

Achinoam ate noodles

2010-06-09T00:00:00.000+03:00

Oh yes she did!

Yom Yerushalayim Popsicles

2010-06-08T00:00:00.002+03:00

Our traditional Yom Yerushalayim parade consists of popsicles, flags, and Aunt Adena!

Miss. A and her bottom teeth

2010-06-06T12:22:00.000+03:00

Happy 1st Birthday Achinoam!

2010-06-04T08:52:00.008+03:00

Happy Birthday Cutiepie! You've come so far in such a short time! You love to laugh and play, stand and crawl, and especially talk! Your favorite words are Ima, Abba, birdie, more, bye bye, hello, ooh, tree, and everyday you come up with a new one! Ima, Abba, Gedalya, and Tzviyali love you so much!!! Happy Birthday and many many more!

One Day Back in February

2010-06-03T11:05:00.000+03:00

It's funny to think about rain now that it's already June, but I realized I hadn't posted these pictures yet. As you can see, Miss. T is trying desperately to find a way to open her umbrella inside, even though we already decided we were going to open it when we got outside. In the rain. As you can see, umbrellas are really just for fun anyway. The hat, though, that is really a functional item!

You Can't See Me

2010-06-02T10:41:00.000+03:00

Just so you know, Ima did not put us in the laundry baskets. We climbed in willingly. (What you didn't hear two minutes later was, "Ima!! Get me out of here!! I'm stuck!")

Just another day in Kiryat Moshe

2010-06-01T10:12:00.000+03:00

This is just a typical day in our house. Mr. G and Miss. T climbing as high as they can to get a closer look at the birds flying by or the occasional tour bus, garbage truck, really any large moving vehicle. Street cleaners also do the trick...

The Proud Builders, Bob and Wendy

2010-05-31T09:54:00.002+03:00

Bob and Wendy "The Builder" are working hard to build Yerushalayim. Here they built their second structure, after the Beit Hamikdash, of course!

Just the three of us!

2010-05-23T20:23:00.001+03:00

From the archives: Happy 2nd Birthday Tzviyali!

2010-05-12T20:00:00.000+03:00

3 great oldies- VIDEOS

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Not the best quality, but you get the picture!

Puppet Show with Gedalya

2010-05-10T20:00:00.001+03:00

Gedalya telling Achinoam about Yom Ha'atzmaut

Some Cute Closeups

2010-05-09T08:00:00.000+03:00

Achinoam Getting Tickled- Video

2010-05-08T20:00:00.001+03:00

Cute Candids

2010-05-07T08:00:00.000+03:00

Introducing Artwork!

2010-05-06T21:29:00.003+03:00

Ima decided to put our artwork on a website. Here is mine and here is Tzviyali's . As soon as Achinoam doesn't eat crayons, Ima will make her a site too. Enjoy!

More Lag B'Omer

2010-05-06T21:25:00.002+03:00

Thank you Aviva for this great Photo! And Stacie and Pamela for putting it on Ima's computer! Take a look at all the sticks we collected for the bonfire!

Pathetic Pictures from Lag B'Omer

2010-05-03T19:19:00.003+03:00

First of all, I don't know why Ima didn't take out her camera at the kangaroo farm or nachal haKibbutzim. There are many fun things that happened there. I got to feed the kangaroos with my friend Shlomo, and I also fell into the nachal for a minute but my Ima caught me. On motsai shabbat, we had a medura. But the medura didn't start till very very late, like till Moshe finished cooking the chicken. SO, we roasted marshmallows in the barbeque pit and Ima and Abba tried to tell us that this was the REAL medura (bonfire)...This is how much we believed them.

More oldies...Gedalya giving Achinoam a ride- Chanuka time

2010-05-02T08:21:00.000+03:00

More oldies...Achinoam eating rice cereal for the first time!

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More oldies...G sings Noach Kanes LaTeiva

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More oldies...An interview with Achinoam at 3.5 months

2010-04-29T20:21:00.000+03:00

More Yom Ha'Atzmaut!

2010-04-27T22:00:00.002+03:00

Was a totally packed day! Went to Latrun- my friend Ariana and I climbed the tanks and Tzviyali climbed on a passing jeep then had a popsicle. Achinoam went along for the ride! After Latrun we went to the B'nei Akiva reunion, but we were fried by then and that's why there are no pictures! Thank you to Uncle Barry for taking pictures at Adena and T-Berg's engagement party, cause by then even my Ima was fried...nackered, as doda Jo would say!

Giddy with Grandma- VIDEO

2010-04-25T22:00:00.000+03:00

Mazal Tov to Adena and T-Berg!

2010-04-25T19:57:00.004+03:00

Mazal tov to Yaakov and Adena on their engagement! We are so excited for you guys, especially because we get to call you T-Berg!

More oldies...

2010-04-24T22:00:00.000+03:00

Interview with a Mr. Conductor, Princess, and Bunny...

Various Videos from the last few months...

2010-04-23T07:29:00.002+03:00

Two Achinoam saying Ahhh and clapping. Highly thrilling for all!

Yom HaZikaron, Yom Ha'atzmaut

2010-04-19T09:24:00.004+03:00

Today we remember all the soldiers who fought and gave their lives to protect us so we are able to "lehiot am chofshi b'artzeinu..." (This was the only child who would pose today, but you see her bright white shirt). Ima says there is nothing like living in Eretz Yisrael and if you don't live here, you can't understand what it means to put an Israeli flag on your car because it's your country and you care. To dress in blue and white today because you stand with the entire country united in appreciating and remembering our soldiers who gave their lives so that we can live a normal life. Here the army is part of our lives. Here we learn to appreciate every minute together, to appreciate the many landscapes and personalities that make up our country. Every year we appreciate more and more that there is no country like Israel. Eretz Nehederet!

Watch more here

Happy Birthday Sabba!

2010-04-13T10:46:00.000+03:00

What a fun party! Even malkat haparparim was there!

All sorts of Achinoam

2010-04-12T10:34:00.003+03:00

Is there a theme here? Yes, Ima is trying to capture this stage recently because she knows it's going to end, I'm going to get teeth, start crawling, then it will be first grade, my bat-mitzvah, and it's all down-hill from there...so give her a break, k?

Pesach pics, mostly A because she was dressed first

2010-04-12T10:21:00.004+03:00

Leil ha'seder. My Ima is ridiculous. Guess how long the outfit was actually on for?

And even more...

2010-03-19T12:08:00.000+02:00

Forgot to thank Doda Jo for all these wonderful pictures!! These are Achinoam's cute feet...