World's cutest dragon

Yonatan's purim costume . very cute !

My dressing gown

Still in my dressing gown, finding something to wear is too daunting. Maybe time for another cuppa tea.

Time for a kaftan ?

I forgot to mention, to make matters worse, I decided to go through my closet, so my Mum could have a free space. It now turns out that I have very little that actually fits me anymore and which is unlikely to in the next 9 months ( I'm being optismistic that I will be able to fit back into things after three months ) All my t shirts are ridiculously short and have tummy poking out, and all but a couple of pants too tight. I really have no clothes not to mention that in another month the weather will be 35-40 degrees, I may need to buy a kaftan, hmm pretty !

Dust Bunnies and sand nightmares

My Mum arrives tomorrow so we have been madly cleaning in preparation. How much dust can be in one house !!! Its terrible , I can't even imagine how much we must inhale daily. Probably best not to think about it. I know that we live in the desert but can't believe how much sand there is everyday , its like we live in a sandbox. Doesn't help that Yonatan does actually have a sandbox which happens to be his favourite activity. Today for instance , he had two friends over and usually when Yonatan is alone I can turn him upside down and give him a good shake before he comes inside , but forget it with three kids. In and out constantly , so in the end I gave up. Maybe I should keep a vacumn by the back door and vacumn them off before there come in , a bit like a security check before entry, checking pockets,socks and all hidden creases for sand. In the end I opted for a walk over to the petting zoo to play with the guinea pigs, turtles, goats and bunnies. The chincillas bit, as does the ferret so we avoided these and had a nice time otherwise. Can't avoid the sand under foot much londer so I am going to have to wash the floor tonight, oh well at least no carpet and can pour the water straight out the door. So my Mum arrives in less than 12 hours and thinking about poor old Jules saying goodbye to hers. Don't worry Jules at least your house doesn't resemble a small , badly assembled sand castle.

Noise makers, Arachnaphobia, Dragons and Golden Syrup !

The weather is gorgeous outside, no rounds of rolling nausea today and although I have been stuck inside in front of a computer most of the day , I did make an excuse and walk over to check the mail, go get some fruit from the big fridge and go to the shop for baking products.

This week we are celebrating probably one of the most fun holidays , especially for kids Purim. Basically a lot like Halloween in that everyone gets dressed up in costumes, there are lots of parties, ( shame I can't take advantage of the open bar !! ) and deliverys trays of home made treats to friends and family, which is a much nicer idea than sending your kids around to other peoples houses to demand and threaten for candy. There is a religious element , in that you read the Book of Esther , a great biblical feminist , ( well kind of still valued for her beauty etc most of all but you can't have everything ! ) but she saves that Jewish people and its kind of fun. The story is read a loud and all the kids are in their costumes and carry all kinds of noise making devices, of course there is a villian of the story called Haman, and whenever his name is mentioned , everybody kids and adults alike, hiss, bang on their pots, hoot their horns or shake their noisemakes and generally boo and make lots of noise. How much fun is that ! I mean where else to you get to behave so terribly, other than perhaps in parliment. They hang him from a tree in the end which is not very nice really and terribly unpolitically correct opps.

Yonatans costume this year is a dragon, very cute and he is looking forward to it. Tomorrow afternoon there is a parade of all the kids costumes outside , followed by a festival ! For the us , more mature ones, there is a costume party tonight, the theme is phobias. Should be fun to see what people come up with. I am predicatble arachnaphoba and E has been been too lazy to think of a costume yet.

So I am off to bake this afternoon , need to buy cookie paper, ( so nice not having to clean the tray - even if it is not very environmental ), only problem a lot of my favourite recipes from NZ contain Golden Syrup, hmm need to find a substitute.

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