Various stuff going on...

We're leaving for Israel on Sunday but Friday, we'll go to Paris for a couple of nights to see Alice again, and her family, and also we fly out of there very early in the morning. Again! Yes, but we're getting better. We had a 4:15 bus, a 6:30 flight and now we're going to fly at 7am (plus the fact we'll be right there).

Lots of news from home. Please keep me informed. I have no idea what my internet connection will be like in Eilat.

Yesterday, we were in Kehl, right over the German border. We went to see a swing, which I want to buy (have looked at them all so now decided). The salesperson told me that it will go on sale the end of August when we get back.





I found that I can take them shopping if I insert all sorts of kid-friendly activities in between. Like going to see the baby animals. They like to check out the hamsters, bunnies, etc. and another girl working there had a surprise. She showed us some one day old baby hamsters. At first, they were hesitant, but then decided that they are cute.





The one on his back on the right is a boy!



Insert grocery shopping.



Then, we went to the fountains to play.















Not my kid screaming (but Davina could give him a run for his money).





In this video, you can see how close we were to the border, actually almost on it.






Then to the park where we had a drink, the kids played and we rented a boat. Ronnie was scared to go (and the only one of mine who swims so go figure) so he opted to be the photographer.









Then there was a quick stop at the drugstore and what would have taken me 2 hours max to do alone, became a 7 hour adventure...

Here are some more photos of yet another visit to the Orangerie park. We did not see the baby swans this time.

Here are the kids in front of where Daniel and I had our wedding reception.









In front of a museum.







This is a statue of a woman in traditional Alsatian garb;



Oh and the Big News. My babies now ride bikes! Yes, I know, but I'm not a big rider and there was no where really around here... The few attempts we made with Ronnie resulted in tears on his part and hurt backs on ours'. But they figured it out on their own.



We had quite a few scrapes and bruises though! Check out the Portable Puddle (surface pool) that Daniel bought. I didn't bother to take any other pictures of it.