The Mousse Barber

Shlomo and I went for haircuts. Normally a haircut would not be an interesting activity.  These are not ordinary times. Earlier this week, they made hair gel in Gan/Camp. He had it in his hair and brought home a small container as well. I guess it is better than slime. He was super excited. Within half an hour of him arriving home, another parent from a different Gan that did the same activity said that their kid's hair was falling out. We had our doubts about the connection but decided the right thing to do was to rinse it out right away.

When Shlomo finished his haircut, he asked the barber for hair gel. Our barber doesn't believe in hair gel. However, he does use mousse.  He put mouse in Shlomo's hair and he put about a quarter of a cup of  mousse into a plastic cup to take home. After my haircut Shlomo insisted that the barber put some in my hair as well.

I really needed the haircut, so I am happy. Shlomo was really happy with mousse.

Random pictures

Hachnasat Sefer Torah for the shul

Jason writing his letters

the children's latters

Fields of Dreams Gezer Field Maariv after the game

It is not bananas it is called eclipse (as seen from gezer field)

eatting the worlds most awesome ice cream in geulah

new uv safe swimsuit from aunt R and uncle B

at gezer field watching abba play softball

Cherry Picking Festival

In Israel, any 2 people doing something can be a festival.  "Hey look, we are both hanging laundry- it is the laundry hanging festival!"  Going for a walk with a friend, it's a walking festival!  Well today we went to the annual Gush Cherry picking festival- and let me tell you this really was a festival!

I am going to let the pictures tell the story. There were also shopping booths, and play areas for kids.  But the picking was the most fun.  We had a blast! (all pictures were taken on my phone so some are a little dark)

the next one is friends of ours who got us there without getting lost

the Titanic sinking as the power went out

What the orchards look like from above

Date Day

Today Jason and I went on an honest to goodness, 7 year old free, date!  I know, sounds totally unbelievable to me too!

Truth is, the whole thing was sort of a goof up.  An old friend is becoming a tour guide and invited us to a private tour of the kotel tunnels- something I have always wanted to do but have never gotten around to. Needless to say I jumped at the chance.

Well, maybe jumped is the wrong word since try though we might we got there 20 minutes late.  And the tour was already gone.  Ok, so no it wasn't.  Can we chalk it up to a bad brain day that the tour was actually supposed to be next week and I screwed up the dates?

Anyhow, I ended up walking around the city walls from shhar yafo to shaar haashpot which, thought it has stunningly beautiful views, also has stunningly insane hills.  Boy did I get my work-out for the day (and I was running trying to make the tour we were "late" for!

In any case, we decided to see if we could get on a tour anyway, and ended up signing up for two separate tours- one the kotel tunnels, and 2 the sega aish hatorah genesis centre art display.  The display is designed to portray Jewish history and it's connection to Jerusalem through the years using pillars of glass.

The technology is amazing.  You get a set of headphones that have a built in sensor and as you move from room to room it hooks up to an overhead computer to keep pace with how quickly you choose to move through the exhibit.

Each column is made up of hundreds of pieces of stacked glass that have been carved in different ways.  It starts with the "pillars" of the Jewish history.  It moves through a few diferent eras but I only took pictures of those I found most interesting.

The destruction and exile after the beit hamidash was destroyed.

The transition from student to teacher over 2000 years, represented by 2000 pieces of glass carved with various names

The holocaust with chunks torn out of the chain 

rising from the ashes 

close up of the stacked sheets of glass in front of the names of soldiers who died for the state.

We then went to the kotel tunnels tour.  Those pictures are all over the internet so I did not bother taking many, but this one looking down the full height of the wall rather impressed me 

Jason brought the car around and I wanted with this gorgeous view 

see, here is me

Oh, and here is a fun decorated car that went by while I was waiting.

This I just thought was cool.  I rarely get to see the men's side of the kotel- the lined up bimas and shtenders cracked me up!

Channah in her new glasses

A snowflake in Beit shemesh

My not overly large husband standing directly in front of the door of our new car.

We have named is snowflake as it is tiny, white, and unique because the "Z" fell off the back of the "GETZ" so it is the only "GET" people really appreciate getting.  Also, telling someone to go "b'getz" just sounds cute.  It really does have trunk space too!

the used car dealers desk.  A Tehillim and 2 tzedakah boxes!

And the rest of his office.  Note the top left shelves of sefarim.

Taken in Tzfet over Chol Hamoed