Ok, ok, I'll write a new post!

First of all, for all of you who have been complaining that I haven't written in a long time - my blog is call "Confessions of a Lazy Mom" for a reason. If you assumed that I didn't update all this time because I was busy working, shopping, cooking, cleaning, taking care of children or doing errands, you were wrong. It was just pure laziness. :)

Ok, so about the kids.
Thank God everyone walks beautifully now. Runs even. The kids can now really play together, or alternatively beat each other up. Today we were playing a game were one person (i.e. Aliza or I) does some kind of action, like clapping, patting the head, stomping feet, etc., and then everyone else does the same thing. It was really fun. Adi and Eyal were really able to participate and Aliza had fun being a leader.
On the flip side, the other day Aliza was having a tantrum about something, laying on the floor and kicking her legs. Eyal and Adi decided that it would be fun to throw anything they could get their hands on at her, kick her and step on her. It was a blast, let me tell you.

We have some of those wooden baby puzzles with pegs in each piece that you take out and then have to put back in the appropriate spot. Both Eyal and Adi enjoy doing these puzzles now. Sometimes when one boy can't fit a piece in the spot he'll call over his brother, hand him the piece, show him where to put it, and basically ask him to try to fit it. It was really fascinating watching this interaction.
They also play ball together, rolling it back and forth or throwing it to each other. Another fun game they like to play I call Jump! It goes like this - one boy is standing around innocently, and suddenly his brother comes up from behind and jumps on his back, tackling him to the floor. He then proceeds to jump on him. Sometimes this results in crying and a fight, but sometimes in a fun game of wrestling. Boys will be boys :)

A miracle has happened. Aliza trained herself to stay dry at night. One night, at around 2am, Aliza wakes me up and says "Ema, you forgot to put a diaper on me." There had not been a single night previously that she had woken up in the morning with a dry diaper, so I assumed she had wet the bed, and that I needed to wash her, change her sheets and all that. Blehhh. But no, she says that she didn't have an accident. So I took her to the bathroom, she went back to sleep, and in the morning was still dry. It's been about 2 weeks since then. I've been putting her to sleep with no diaper, and except for once or twice she has woken up dry.
I know, a true revealed miracle!

In September Eyal and Adi are supposed to be starting gan (daycare) for the first time. I'm looking forward to having a few hours in the mornings to do whatever I please. I'm thinking of finally looking for a high-tech job. I guess we'll see where the future leads. Whatever it is, I'm excited to find out.

And just for fun, here's an updated family photo from a photo shoot we did for my brother, Bentzi's, Bar-Mitzvah.

Confession

Last week my sister Nechama babysat for us and put the kids to sleep. The next morning , at 6am (the usual time for Eyal) I hear someone wake up. Sure enough, the boy in Eyal's pajamas and in Eyal's bed is awake. Must be Eyal. I take him downstairs and we cuddle and play a little while until the next boy wakes up. He's in Adi's pajamas and in Adi's bed. Must be Adi.
About 10 minutes after that Aliza wakes up. She hears me say something to Eyal, and immediately says "Ema, that's not Eyal, that's Adi".
I say - What do you mean? Of course that's Eyal.
No, look at him, its Adi.
So I looked, and for the life of me, I HAD NO IDEA WHO WAS WHO! By just looking at their faces I could not tell at all. The 2 boys looked exactly the same. I was freaking out. I always thought that I could tell by now, by just looking. Oh well..
After a minute or two of being shocked by myself, I looked for their features I know each of them has. Adi has a little red spot on his right cheek, Eyal has a birth mark in his right ear and they have different teeth growing in at the moment. And sure enough, Aliza was totally right!
My sister had by mistake switched their pajamas and put them in the wrong beds the night before, leading to my confusion.
At least we have Aliza to always tell us who's who!

Developement update:

Eyal - Takes a few steps on his own when encouraged. Will hopefully be walking in a month or so.

Adi - Walks everywhere. No more crawling.
Really shows it when he is upset. The whole laying on the floor screaming and kicking his feet thing.

Aliza - Becoming really great with her brothers. More and more independent by the day. Has a sense of humor and curiosity. Asks questions sometimes that I have no idea how to answer. (Like - "Ema, how did Hashem make people?" or "How do snakes sleep?")

LA LA Land

We just returned from a month long trip in LA. It was wonderful to spend time with all our relatives who we don't get to see regularly. Aliza was able to spend a lot of quality time with Grandma and Grandpa and also her Adatto cousins.
The other day Aliza and I were talking about how nice it was to see everyone and how much fun we had on our trip. I asked her what her favorite thing had been. She thought about it for a bit with a look of concentration, and finally said - "Coco Pebbles".