Tu B'Shvat

Tu B'Shvat (the Jewish Arbor Day, according to Wikipedia) is, uh, was, uh, I think on Saturday. Anyway, they celebrated it at Indigo by planting seeds and now we are growing our own little potted plant.

 

 

Mikael's friend Noam

Noam is also from Indigo. Mikael and Noam spend every Wednesday afternoon together because Talia the babysitter takes them together to Noam's house and stays with them while they sleep in the afternoon. Then I come to Noam's house and get fed an outstanding dinner and Liya heads off to her Grinberg course while Gili, Noam's mom, and I oversee the bath. All the socializing is really a lot of fun for us and for Mikael, too.

 

Mikael's friend Noga

Noga is Mikael's friend from Indigo. She and Mikael play really well together and we often get together with her and her parents in the afternoon.

Cabin in Klil

We spent last weekend in a cabin in the ecological settlement Clil (or here for the Hebrew impaired) where we enjoyed a beautiful view, a huge hot tub, some lovely walks and refreshing rain storms. Of course, we only pulled out the camera on the last day after we missed taking pictures of the amazing playground and the hike up to the ridge to watch the sunset or going out to the local coffee shop to hear a Tel Aviv band rock the house (the coffee shop has a standing deal for performers of a free weekend at Clil in exchange for a free show).

Here is Mikael peeking out on me while I meditate wrapped in a blanket and wool hat

Here we are on the walk we took on the last day while Liya did exercises and we explored the puddles.

Liya took a movie that shows the amazing bathtub we got to use.

We really enjoyed the bathrobes that came with the place

Wearing daddy's shirt

Mikael, amazingly, is now big enough that he can (with a little help) put on one of my shirts and look at himself in the mirror while wearing it. I swear I ordered the model with a pause feature, but when I talked to customer support they told me that there was no way to stop him from continuing to grow, no matter how excited you are about the current age.