Breathing Space

We started Chumash Shemot with 10 yo. I went to our local Judaica store, to pick up a copy with Rashi with nekudot, but they did not have it...

Yesterday was irrevocably rotten, so rotten that I did not even had energy to post about it. Today my husband took the three older kids to...

Two moments from this Purim. We were supposed to make groggers, We were supposed to make them from the beginning of Adar. 6 yo asked to ma...

I have not posted much because last week everyone took turns being sick, and then we have been out and about as much as we can before the b...

Last morning was the new round of coop classes. I signed up for set-up duty, which means that now we have to be there half an hour earlier...

A short summary of today: Slow start due to time change and late night and 5 yo getting his sleepover at grandma's which now led to te...

http://www.squidoo.com/stop-stealing-dreams In an ideal world, I would tell you exactly what this was all about and my two cents on it, t...

After some deliberation, I decided to make today more of a regular school day and then tomorrow and Wednesday can be dedicated to Purim prep...

We had Purim carnival today. My husband was around, so that went smoothly. The kids got to eat ice pops in freezing weather while watching a...

Got up late, for us. It was after 7.  By 9, we were all dressed and breakfasted. They boys davened. 5 yo started with Rosetta Stone: nothing...

I got up early and worked out. By the time I got home, the kids were all up, but nobody was in the mood to get dressed or have breakfast. Ev...