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.