Trying out this new scrapblog

Passover tip

How to break matzah in two even halves - in Japanese!

Max pushing Jacob

Wheee! Jacob still needs a push to get going.

Ben riding

Had to get him training wheels. What a nightmare. We went to a bike shop to get Ben training wheels and get Max's old bike fixed up for Jacob. What we should have done was returned Ben's bike and bought one WITH training wheels and bought Jacob a new bike. All together it cost us over $200 - 2 new bikes, training wheels, having the old bike fixed up, etc. And all Ben was worried about was that his bike didn't have a water bottle [rollseyes] so of course add that on... Then when we went to the bike shop (aptly named The Bike Shop) the boys were being boys and walking around and touching, etc. truthfully IMO not being "that bad" (especially since I know what they are capable of!) and they asked us to leave the store! I would have left entirely but we had already paid for the training wheels, and had them put on and had the second bike fixed, I was just picking it up and waiting for Ben's traiing wheels to be put on (since it's a 20in bike the axle was too short for training wheels - I had tried to do it myself but I couldn't rethread the nut.) So I was stuck with continuing the transaction. When I went back in to pay I said for that much money they could have been a little nicer. I said it nicely, honestly. The woman said I was screaming at her, the man told me I was the mother, I needed to control my children (Oh how I hate that), that for "a few dollars" he didn't need to put up with me, and finally that they were going to call the police. Needless to say we'll never go back there.

Max riding his bike

3/17 - one week. He's got it!

New bikes!!

The boys turned 7! We got new bikes - Max took to it right away (though braking is a problem ;)) Ben needs some more practice & some training wheels maybe.

Have a Grape Purim!

This year's Shalach Manot

The Ten Plagues In Chocolate

I'm sooo buying these!