I really wanted to believe that there is no difference between girls and boys.
I offer trucks to my daughter and baby dolls to my sons.
And things seem to be fine.
But the boys never did anything like this:
My favorite high-heeled pumps were missing on Erev Shabbat. I was rushing to get out the door and I knew that the last time they were in my sight was a few days earlier, on Yael's little feet. A purse was slung over her shoulder and she had said "bye! I'm off to work!"
I asked the little girl where the shoes were and she said "I no know!"
No time to look.
Shabbat morning, I have a plan to find the shoes. I take the young lady into the bedrooms and ask her in each one "where are Ima's shoes?"
Nada. Zilch. She thinks it's hilarious.
A brain flash - I open the oven door of the play kitchen.
Neatly arranged...you guessed it...the shoes.
She starts laughing with glee..."I put shoes in the oven!"
The boys never did anything like this.
I'm not even sure what to make of it.
But I have my shoes back and I'm hiding them from her.
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Haveil Havalim is up over here.
P.S. If I'm quiet for a little while it's just my annual pre-High-Holiday-trying-to-take-a-break-from-the-blog-but-instead-using-it-to-procrastinate....
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Winner of Lovable Labels Giveaway
The winner is Heather, from A Mama's Blog!
To order your own labels, go visit debs.lovablelabels.ca - thanks to my friend Debbie for the giveaway!!!!
Become a Fan of Deb's Lovable Labels on Facebook to receive news of specials, offers, etc.
You won't be sorry...I'm off to order some more of the regular ones for labelling stuff for school. I just realized I've run out!
To order your own labels, go visit debs.lovablelabels.ca - thanks to my friend Debbie for the giveaway!!!!
Become a Fan of Deb's Lovable Labels on Facebook to receive news of specials, offers, etc.
You won't be sorry...I'm off to order some more of the regular ones for labelling stuff for school. I just realized I've run out!
Happy Birthday, Gilad
Tomorrow (on Shabbat) is the 23rd birthday of Gilad Shalit.
How terrible that he has spent his last three years in captivity.
How terrible that Hamas refuses to allow contact with the Red Cross or any independent agency.
As a mother, as a human being, I absolutely cannot fathom what his family must be feeling - but my heart is so heavy for them.
The Twitter community "celebrated" Gilad's birthday on Thursday (because his birthday is on Shabbat) with "Tweet4Shalit" - which broke into the Trending Topics. Perhaps this kind of awareness will help bring Gilad home.
Happy birthday, Gilad.
May your return come speedily and may your next birthday find you at home, surrounded by family and friends.
How terrible that he has spent his last three years in captivity.
How terrible that Hamas refuses to allow contact with the Red Cross or any independent agency.
As a mother, as a human being, I absolutely cannot fathom what his family must be feeling - but my heart is so heavy for them.
The Twitter community "celebrated" Gilad's birthday on Thursday (because his birthday is on Shabbat) with "Tweet4Shalit" - which broke into the Trending Topics. Perhaps this kind of awareness will help bring Gilad home.
Happy birthday, Gilad.
May your return come speedily and may your next birthday find you at home, surrounded by family and friends.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Back to School Muffins
A while back, I posted my "breakfast menu," which has been somewhat successful in keeping my family from complaining about the breakfast options and also from asking for pancakes every morning. (Except Sam, who is addicted to toaster-waffles and really won't eat anything else these days...)
In order to properly maintain my breakfast menu, I need to have some frozen muffins on hand in case I'm not in the mood to bake right before a Muffin Tuesday!
I baked up 2 batches of these to freeze:
Blueberry Muffins
(Heavily adapted from the Brown Bag Lunch Cookbook)
2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg
2/3 cup orange juice
1/2 cup maple syrup
3 tablespoons oil
1 cup blueberries (or strawberries, chopped up, which was the second batch)
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a muffin tin. (I use the spray with flour.)
In a large bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
In a medium bowl, beat the egg. Stir in the juice, syrup and oil. Pour this mixture over the flour mixture. Add the blueberries and mix.
Spoon into the muffin tin and bake for about 20-25 minutes until a wooden toothpick comes out clean. Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes and then cool completely before freezing.
(The original recipe was for a loaf pan - same recipe but baked in a loaf pan for 1 hour. If making a loaf to freeze, I slice and individually wrap each piece, then put together into a large freezer ziptop bag...)
Yum!!!!
Last chance - comments close on the $20 Lovable Labels giveaway at 8am Thursday!
Also posted as part of Life as Mom's Ultimate Recipe Swap: Make Ahead Meals (because these are great for freezing)
P.S. Go see the Kosher Cooking Carnival - up over here.
In order to properly maintain my breakfast menu, I need to have some frozen muffins on hand in case I'm not in the mood to bake right before a Muffin Tuesday!
I baked up 2 batches of these to freeze:
(Heavily adapted from the Brown Bag Lunch Cookbook)
2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg
2/3 cup orange juice
1/2 cup maple syrup
3 tablespoons oil
1 cup blueberries (or strawberries, chopped up, which was the second batch)
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a muffin tin. (I use the spray with flour.)
In a large bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
In a medium bowl, beat the egg. Stir in the juice, syrup and oil. Pour this mixture over the flour mixture. Add the blueberries and mix.
Spoon into the muffin tin and bake for about 20-25 minutes until a wooden toothpick comes out clean. Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes and then cool completely before freezing.
(The original recipe was for a loaf pan - same recipe but baked in a loaf pan for 1 hour. If making a loaf to freeze, I slice and individually wrap each piece, then put together into a large freezer ziptop bag...)
Yum!!!!
Last chance - comments close on the $20 Lovable Labels giveaway at 8am Thursday!
Also posted as part of Life as Mom's Ultimate Recipe Swap: Make Ahead Meals (because these are great for freezing)
P.S. Go see the Kosher Cooking Carnival - up over here.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Back-To-School Tradition
What kind of traditions do you have for back-to-school?
Here's one of ours...(each one taken the day before school starts)
Kindergarten:
First Grade:
Second Grade:
Pretty neat to see how he has grown each year...
That's what works for me. What works for you?
Don't forget to click over for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate to Lovable Labels!
(ends Thursday)
Here's one of ours...(each one taken the day before school starts)
Kindergarten:
First Grade:
Second Grade:
That's what works for me. What works for you?
Don't forget to click over for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate to Lovable Labels!
(ends Thursday)
Monday, August 24, 2009
Label it or Lose it? Giveaway!
How many times has your kiddo lost his backpack? His lunchbox? His thermos? His water bottle? His hat?
Oh wait, that's just me.
No it isn't! I know you need to label your kids' stuff just as much as I do...
My friend Debbie is selling Lovable Labels - and they're so darn adorable!
Lovable Labels makes Regular and Slimline Sticker Labels, Iron-on Labels, Shoe Labels and Bag Tags (those really great ones shown above). All of the labels are dishwasher, microwave, washer, dryer and u.v. safe. I really like all the cute little icons that you can choose. PLUS they are so smart - I never quite figured out why to put icons on my kids' labels, but their reasoning is really smart - help your pre-reader identify their stuff. Great idea. I also like the press-n-stick clothing labels - I know they also sell iron-on labels but I am so grateful to skip the ironing.
Their current Back-to-School deal is pretty amazing - there's a ton of stuff available for a pretty reasonable price.
For more information about the back to school mega pack or any of the labels and to place an order check out www.debs.lovablelabels.ca
WIN IT:
Deb is giving away a $20 gift certificate to Lovable Labels to one of my lucky readers!
Here's how you can win the $20 gift certificate to Lovable Labels:
Comments will close at 8am Thursday, August 27th.
Don't forget to give me a way to get in touch with you if you win!
***COMMENTS CLOSED: The winner is Heather, from A Mama's Blog!
To order your own labels, go visit debs.lovablelabels.ca - thanks to my friend Debbie for the giveaway!!!!
Oh wait, that's just me.
No it isn't! I know you need to label your kids' stuff just as much as I do...
My friend Debbie is selling Lovable Labels - and they're so darn adorable!
Lovable Labels makes Regular and Slimline Sticker Labels, Iron-on Labels, Shoe Labels and Bag Tags (those really great ones shown above). All of the labels are dishwasher, microwave, washer, dryer and u.v. safe. I really like all the cute little icons that you can choose. PLUS they are so smart - I never quite figured out why to put icons on my kids' labels, but their reasoning is really smart - help your pre-reader identify their stuff. Great idea. I also like the press-n-stick clothing labels - I know they also sell iron-on labels but I am so grateful to skip the ironing.
Their current Back-to-School deal is pretty amazing - there's a ton of stuff available for a pretty reasonable price.
For more information about the back to school mega pack or any of the labels and to place an order check out www.debs.lovablelabels.ca
WIN IT:
Deb is giving away a $20 gift certificate to Lovable Labels to one of my lucky readers!
Here's how you can win the $20 gift certificate to Lovable Labels:
To enter, leave a comment on this post!
Earn an extra entry by tweeting about it. Let me know below in the comments.
Comments will close at 8am Thursday, August 27th.
Don't forget to give me a way to get in touch with you if you win!
***COMMENTS CLOSED: The winner is Heather, from A Mama's Blog!
To order your own labels, go visit debs.lovablelabels.ca - thanks to my friend Debbie for the giveaway!!!!
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Is it over already?
It's back to school week.
There, I wrote it.
It's almost more shocking than the fact that it's the month of Elul, the Hebrew month that precedes Rosh HaShanah.
It just snuck up on me.
So, in honor of Back-To-School week, and to give me something to distract myself from the impending craziness, I'll be hosting giveaways all week long!
So come back and visit.
It will take your mind off the fact that the flip-flop season is almost officially over.
Maybe.
See more last-of-summer stuff over at Summer Stock Sundays. And come back all week!
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