Mother's Day

Michael woke up at 4 am and was not able to fall back asleep, so I made a bed out of blankets and pillows in the play area, closed the doors to all of the bedrooms and locked the gate, laid down and half slept while he rested besides and on top of me, sometimes breaking to crawl over my face and play with the ample toys.

At 6:30, Shalom finally got up and took Michael. Estie woke up soon after and I cuddled up with Beeps and slept into 8, when Estie came in with flowers she'd picked from outside, a picture she drew for me and pancakes. Thank you Nickelodeon for making a DVD about Mother's Day! We woke Lev up and had a nice breakfast.

After school, Estie asked to go to the big blue building- IKEA, and Shalom surprised us all by saying 'Yes'. Since Beeps is now wearing underwear (thanks to the post-Passover mass potty training technique used by the nursery schools here), all three 'big' kids got to go into the play area, whic was followed by non dairy ice cream and hot dogs for dinner!

I sent these to the blog via my phone, so they're out of order- of course.

Beepsie's silly morning face

Michael digs pancakes

She's too cool for a regular smile

The ice cream machine at IKEA.  Super cool

Estie with flowers and pancakes

Michael didn't get to go into the play area at IKEA, but he did get a cookie!

Pancake face :)

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