Today my 4 year old took a nap. He never ever takes naps and he woke up at 5pm. Bedtime is usually 6:30pm so I knew a long night awaited me.
He took a while to surface but once he was fully awake he started chatting to me in the kitchen while I was cleaning up. He started chatting and he didnt stop speaking for about an hour. No joke. I couldn't get a word in. Here is an excerpt of some of his conversation. I mean monologue.
"Mommy, when we go to New York its going to be SO exciting, you know why? (me, about to ask why, but before I could open my mouth, he continues...) Because I get to see firetrucks EVERYDAY! isn't that AMAZING? AND they have REALLY loud sirens, isn;t that AMAZING? and you know what else they have in New York? They have a candy store with icecream and its ALL KOSHER! Isn;t that AMAZING? and I get to choose from 10 different icecream flavors, and I am going to choose chocolate, vanilla, strawberry and peach, just like Yossi and Laibel had in the book. And we're goign to go to a PIZZERIA just like Uncle Moishy goes to but I'm not going to drop my pizza like him, I'm going to be REALLY careful. And you know what else we are going to do in New York? We're going to see a REAL skeleton of a REAL dinosaur because New York has MUSEUMS! Isn't that AMAZING? and ALL the boys in New York wear yarmulkahs AND tzitzis AND theres even other boys with the SAME name as me! Isn't that AMAZING? And Mommy, can you let me know when you're about to turn on the garbage disposal cos I really like watching all the food go down and its really a mystery where it goes because you can't see the pipes because they're hidden behind the walls inthe house, but maybe one day a plumber friend will come over and show us the pipes so we knwo where the food and water goes. Oh, and mommy, in New York do they have firetrucks to put out Volcanoes? because volcanoes are REALLY REALLY hot."
I dont think he took one breath between any of his sentences.
Gotta love the boy, gotta love him:)
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010
A Morrocon/Indian Shabbos Menu:
Okay, just a few recipes I just downloaded to print- hope they come out YUMO!
Morrocon Chicken
2 Meyer lemons or regular lemons
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 large onion, halved, thinly sliced
2 garlic cloves, pressed
1 tablespoon paprika
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
2 cups low-salt chicken broth
1 4 1/2-pound chicken, cut into 8 pieces, skin removed
1/2 cup green olives
Read More http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Moroccan-Chicken-with-Green-Olives-and-Lemon-352532#ixzz0lIDYqNnw
Roast Red Pepper Dip
1 (7 ounce) jar roasted red peppers, drained and diced
1 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon minced onion
1 clove garlic, minced
2 tablespoons prepared Dijon-style mustard
Indian Vege Medl with Brown Rice
Brown Rice, ready cooked
1 cup cauliflower florets
1 carrot, finely chopped
1/2 cup fresh green peas
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 large onion, chopped
1 teaspoon cumin seed
1 teaspoon black mustard seed
2 whole bay leaves
4 green chile peppers, chopped
3 cloves garlic, chopped
2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger root
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon curry powder
1/2 teaspoon chili powder (optional)
cilantro leaves for garnish (optional)
Morrocon Chicken
2 Meyer lemons or regular lemons
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 large onion, halved, thinly sliced
2 garlic cloves, pressed
1 tablespoon paprika
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
2 cups low-salt chicken broth
1 4 1/2-pound chicken, cut into 8 pieces, skin removed
1/2 cup green olives
Read More http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Moroccan-Chicken-with-Green-Olives-and-Lemon-352532#ixzz0lIDYqNnw
Roast Red Pepper Dip
1 (7 ounce) jar roasted red peppers, drained and diced
1 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon minced onion
1 clove garlic, minced
2 tablespoons prepared Dijon-style mustard
Indian Vege Medl with Brown Rice
Brown Rice, ready cooked
1 cup cauliflower florets
1 carrot, finely chopped
1/2 cup fresh green peas
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 large onion, chopped
1 teaspoon cumin seed
1 teaspoon black mustard seed
2 whole bay leaves
4 green chile peppers, chopped
3 cloves garlic, chopped
2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger root
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon curry powder
1/2 teaspoon chili powder (optional)
cilantro leaves for garnish (optional)
in the mood for somethin' SPICY!
ok, so I am in my 2nd trimester and feeling great- sans the occassional moodswings and cravings, all is SUPER!
This Shabbos, our guests are in for a SUPER treat- oh yes, I am SO in the mood of SPICY food, we are talking Morrocon food, SPICY SPICY SPICY!
Going to search the web for some yummy spicy recipes, looking so forward to this:)
My hubby took the 3 munchkins out for the morning since our babysitter canceled and now I have all this time to cook up a spicy storm... when they get back it will be like walking into an Indian restaurant, wooo hooo!
OK, enough procrastinating, off to surf the web for some recipes... and to all a GOOOOOOD SHABBOS!
This Shabbos, our guests are in for a SUPER treat- oh yes, I am SO in the mood of SPICY food, we are talking Morrocon food, SPICY SPICY SPICY!
Going to search the web for some yummy spicy recipes, looking so forward to this:)
My hubby took the 3 munchkins out for the morning since our babysitter canceled and now I have all this time to cook up a spicy storm... when they get back it will be like walking into an Indian restaurant, wooo hooo!
OK, enough procrastinating, off to surf the web for some recipes... and to all a GOOOOOOD SHABBOS!
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Kids
I saw an awesome episode of Grays Anatomy a few days ago with my hubby...
There was a part where Dr. Torres, who has no kids but wants kids, asks Dr. Bailey, who has a little toddler, when the best time to have kids is.
"Never." she answers, "kids drain every bit of energy you have out of you. They never sleep, don't appreciate any thing you are doing for them, the fact that you put so many things aside for them. Never.
"But, this morning, my little tucker crawled into bed with me and pressed his cold little nose against mine and said, 'mommy, wake up!' and he had never managed to pronounce the 'k' sound before, he used to say, 'wade up!'
"And its these little moments that make those sleepless nights and energy deprived days worth every single second."
Gosh, she really nailed it.
Today, on our way home from a trip to the mall I was thinking what I was going to do with the little tikes once we got home.
So everyone gets out of the car and runs inside while I carry baby munchkin into his bed since he fell asleep in the car (there is NOTHING sweeter in the world then a sleeping munchkin:) and as I walk toward the kitchen, I hear my 4 year old on the floor teaching my 2.5 year old the Alef Bet. Just the two of them, sitting with their little Siddur and pointing to each letter and she repeating after him. Priceless. Just priceless.
"change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change."
There was a part where Dr. Torres, who has no kids but wants kids, asks Dr. Bailey, who has a little toddler, when the best time to have kids is.
"Never." she answers, "kids drain every bit of energy you have out of you. They never sleep, don't appreciate any thing you are doing for them, the fact that you put so many things aside for them. Never.
"But, this morning, my little tucker crawled into bed with me and pressed his cold little nose against mine and said, 'mommy, wake up!' and he had never managed to pronounce the 'k' sound before, he used to say, 'wade up!'
"And its these little moments that make those sleepless nights and energy deprived days worth every single second."
Gosh, she really nailed it.
Today, on our way home from a trip to the mall I was thinking what I was going to do with the little tikes once we got home.
So everyone gets out of the car and runs inside while I carry baby munchkin into his bed since he fell asleep in the car (there is NOTHING sweeter in the world then a sleeping munchkin:) and as I walk toward the kitchen, I hear my 4 year old on the floor teaching my 2.5 year old the Alef Bet. Just the two of them, sitting with their little Siddur and pointing to each letter and she repeating after him. Priceless. Just priceless.
"change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change."
Monday, April 12, 2010
Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain
What is it about rainy days that dampen our moods? Or at least my mood. I mean, I guess I should be thankful that I don't live in a place like the UK where its always rainy and gray. But then again, when I was in Notting Hill, sitting with my best friend in Starbucks looking out onto the cobblestone streets while the rain just poured and poured, there was something so cozy about it.
But I live in a place where the sun shines 360 days a year, so those few days that it rains, people literally don't know what to do with themselves. I mean, come on, I'm from New York. Here, where I live now, when it rains, people don't drive anywhere. I mean, seriously!
So today we all stayed indoors. We baked chocolate chip cookies, did puzzles, played board games, read lots of books, had some quiet time and watched a video.
Tomorrow if it rains, I'm taking the munchkins to the mall to go on the little rides that you drop a quarter into.
We actually have a friend who works at one of these Arcade places. Everytime we go he walks passed us and drops a hand full of tokens down for us to use. Good guy. He claims his family were Murano Jews. As far as I know, if one has proof of this, they need to go through a proper Jewish conversion either way. I don't think this kid is ready for that.
Ok, pray that the sun will come out tomorrow, no more rainy days for us, please!
But I live in a place where the sun shines 360 days a year, so those few days that it rains, people literally don't know what to do with themselves. I mean, come on, I'm from New York. Here, where I live now, when it rains, people don't drive anywhere. I mean, seriously!
So today we all stayed indoors. We baked chocolate chip cookies, did puzzles, played board games, read lots of books, had some quiet time and watched a video.
Tomorrow if it rains, I'm taking the munchkins to the mall to go on the little rides that you drop a quarter into.
We actually have a friend who works at one of these Arcade places. Everytime we go he walks passed us and drops a hand full of tokens down for us to use. Good guy. He claims his family were Murano Jews. As far as I know, if one has proof of this, they need to go through a proper Jewish conversion either way. I don't think this kid is ready for that.
Ok, pray that the sun will come out tomorrow, no more rainy days for us, please!
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Jeff the Plumber
Yesterday, about an hour before Shabbos, we realized our hot water boiler in the garage was leaking. My husband, being the ever cautious and responsible guy that he is, went on Google and googled the closest plumber in our area.
He called up "Jeff's Plumbing" and within 15 minutes, Jeff, a shortish burly man with a big stomach, short legs and curly strawberry blonde hair and a goatie arrived at our door.
Right away, my hubby told him that it would be our Sabbath in the next 45 minutes and he would not be able to give him any money so he would pay him upfront.
Jeff looked at my candles that were all set up and ready and says, "Oh, I vaguely remember my grandmother used to light candles on Fridays."
This comment definitely sparked mine and my hubby's interest to which we asked him to tell us more about his family.
Turns out, this guy "Jeff" is from Westchester County, NY. (We live about 3000 miles from NY, just to put things in perspective).
He said his grandparents on his mothers side were children in the Holocaust, from Poland and apparently his grandmother and her brother were "traded" for two soldiers and put on a boat to the US.
He said he remembers his grandfather puting on those "black boxes" on his head and arm and how his grandmother always made sure to have "some special part of the chicken" on the Passover table.
He said his two older brothers got "Barmitzvahed" but shortly before his own 13th birthday, his grandfather passed away to which he was rewarded a few hundered dollars on his birthday and told, "Mazel Tov, you are now a man." His Hebrew name is "Pinchas".
He fixed the boiler problem really quickly and we invited him to stay for Kiddish.
He said he hadn't had homemade Challah in over 30 years.
Interesting, the whole story, isn't it?
Then a small little thing happened yesterday as well. I put up an ad on Craigslist to give away an old sofa that we were needing to get rid of. I got a call from a sweet sounding lady and she came over a few hours later to look at it.
As she walked into our house, she see's my hubby and says, "hey, are you a Rabbi?" to which he answered yes. So she tells us that her husband is Jewish and has never been involved in anything Jewish and she would love to encourage him to get back in touch with his roots and asked if it was okay for him to contact us.
Amazing. All these Jews so scattered throughout the world.
You know, it can be so difficult living where we live.
No kosher restaurants or Jewish schools. No Jewish community. My kids have yet to meet a "shomer Shabbos" friend their age.
But I guess its the little stories like these that keep us going.
Looking forward to our trip to NY next month. Should be fun.
A great week to all~
He called up "Jeff's Plumbing" and within 15 minutes, Jeff, a shortish burly man with a big stomach, short legs and curly strawberry blonde hair and a goatie arrived at our door.
Right away, my hubby told him that it would be our Sabbath in the next 45 minutes and he would not be able to give him any money so he would pay him upfront.
Jeff looked at my candles that were all set up and ready and says, "Oh, I vaguely remember my grandmother used to light candles on Fridays."
This comment definitely sparked mine and my hubby's interest to which we asked him to tell us more about his family.
Turns out, this guy "Jeff" is from Westchester County, NY. (We live about 3000 miles from NY, just to put things in perspective).
He said his grandparents on his mothers side were children in the Holocaust, from Poland and apparently his grandmother and her brother were "traded" for two soldiers and put on a boat to the US.
He said he remembers his grandfather puting on those "black boxes" on his head and arm and how his grandmother always made sure to have "some special part of the chicken" on the Passover table.
He said his two older brothers got "Barmitzvahed" but shortly before his own 13th birthday, his grandfather passed away to which he was rewarded a few hundered dollars on his birthday and told, "Mazel Tov, you are now a man." His Hebrew name is "Pinchas".
He fixed the boiler problem really quickly and we invited him to stay for Kiddish.
He said he hadn't had homemade Challah in over 30 years.
Interesting, the whole story, isn't it?
Then a small little thing happened yesterday as well. I put up an ad on Craigslist to give away an old sofa that we were needing to get rid of. I got a call from a sweet sounding lady and she came over a few hours later to look at it.
As she walked into our house, she see's my hubby and says, "hey, are you a Rabbi?" to which he answered yes. So she tells us that her husband is Jewish and has never been involved in anything Jewish and she would love to encourage him to get back in touch with his roots and asked if it was okay for him to contact us.
Amazing. All these Jews so scattered throughout the world.
You know, it can be so difficult living where we live.
No kosher restaurants or Jewish schools. No Jewish community. My kids have yet to meet a "shomer Shabbos" friend their age.
But I guess its the little stories like these that keep us going.
Looking forward to our trip to NY next month. Should be fun.
A great week to all~
Friday, April 9, 2010
Welcome to ME!
OK, its almost sundown on a Friday evening... how I have the time to blog, I really wouldn't know but let me grab it while I have it.
I am a modern Jewish mom, in fact, I think you can call me the "anti-feminist":)
What does that mean? It means that I think the whole feminist movement has it all wrong. OK, not ALL wrong, but definitely MOST of it.
I am so excited to blog as I wouldnt call myself an opinionated person but I definitely have alot to say and learn so many new things jst by being a student of the world around us.
We live in a magnificent place but have no Jewish schools for our 3 delicious kids and so we homeschool. Did I ever think I would homeschool? Nope. But being on this journey is teaching me so much about it, about myself, about my kids, about life.
OK, I got my baby munchkin climbing all over me so gotta sign off-
Good Shabbos to all and remember-
"change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change"
I am a modern Jewish mom, in fact, I think you can call me the "anti-feminist":)
What does that mean? It means that I think the whole feminist movement has it all wrong. OK, not ALL wrong, but definitely MOST of it.
I am so excited to blog as I wouldnt call myself an opinionated person but I definitely have alot to say and learn so many new things jst by being a student of the world around us.
We live in a magnificent place but have no Jewish schools for our 3 delicious kids and so we homeschool. Did I ever think I would homeschool? Nope. But being on this journey is teaching me so much about it, about myself, about my kids, about life.
OK, I got my baby munchkin climbing all over me so gotta sign off-
Good Shabbos to all and remember-
"change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change"
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