Snippets of Spring...Please?

As we make the final push into Pesach...a few spring-hopeful pictures.

Solly is now 4 months old:

Solly and David sometimes see eye to eye...

We have had just a few days of warm weather, and each time we leap at the opportunity to go outside...

We need more spring, now!!!!

Snippets: Florida

We took a weekend jaunt to sunny(ish) Florida for a family Bar Mitzvah. Along the way we had some adventures. Isn't life always an adventure with four kids!?

Sitting in the cockpit before our first flight...

Enjoying the warm weather upon our arrival...

The kids could not get over the change in weather. From the low 30s to the high 70s was such a shock to their systems!

Good morning, Florida!

Of course, we had to hit the beach. The waves were pretty intense and it was really windy, so Yael was a little frightened. The boys had no trouble diving right in...

And look who turned 3 months old while we were on our way home...

What were you up to this week?

Snippets of Warmth

A nice quiet week...not much happening.

We did have a birthday...but more on that when we have the party in 10 sleeps. Let's just say that the birthday girl has told everyone she meets that she is now 4.

It warmed up and before the snow all left, the boys made this snowman. Note that David isn't wearing a coat...now there's a Midwesterner for ya!

Who needs a mobile when you have a willing 5-year-old?

Friday is Purim Katan, mini-Purim. It's a rare day, it only shows up on a leap year...and this is such! There's not much in the way of observance but I'm thinking extra dessert is in order.

How was your week?

Snippets of the Week

Snippets of what's going on this week...

It's been very cold around here. Even inside the house.

I've been doing the 30 Day Shred. This is how cute I look while doing it:

 (honestly!)

Notice the book in the bottom left hand corner of that picture? That book caused a lot of drama this week in my life. It's a book about World War II and its atrocities. Yep, my 9 year old brought it home from school. There will be more on this in a future post, since it was an excellent book and has led to a lot of conversations...

While we're waiting for Purim to come, we seem to continue to dance to this song.



What's your favorite Purim song? I wish that there were as many Purim albums as there are Chanukah albums.

We've done a lot of hanging out and giggling...reading...watching movies...basically, your usual winter hibernation in Chicago!

 

Solly took his first bottle (always a stressful moment for a working mama)...and wait...how did he get to be two months old?

 What's been going on in your world?

Snippets

One of my favorite bloggers has a weekly post she calls "nuggets" - little snippets of her life in a blog post...

So here's my version...snippets of life with four children...

Lots of time spent hanging out together while it's cold and Ima is on maternity leave...everyone always wants to hold the baby. I hear a lot of "he got to hold him longer than I did!" or "how come David gets to hold the baby but I don't?"

 We've had snow. Lots of it. Enough to satisfy my children's craving for snow and then some. Snowpalooza 2011....snOwMG.

 

 

 

I'm participating in the Sydney Taylor Book Awards blog tour. I had to read the book I was assigned really fast, and it was good. You'll see my review on Monday, along with an interview with the author. The full tour schedule is up here.

I've been baking. A lot. It's probably not good for the waistline but it seems to be good for the soul.

Today is Rosh Chodesh Adar I. It's a leap year, so we get to celebrate Rosh Chodesh Adar twice. I think it's nice that we add the month of happiness instead of a more crotchety month, don't you? Here's a poem I wrote for Rosh Chodesh Adar last year. Can't wait to make hamantaschen!

Solly is 8 weeks old. Where has the time gone?

 

 

(I know that last one is ever so slightly blurry but don't you love the smile!?)
Shabbat shalom and Chodesh tov!

P.S. Did you see my new header? Pretty cute, huh?