Summer 2011 recap

This was a lovely summer!  For a change, the weather was not scorching hot all summer, so we were able to enjoy some outside time.

School year has ended and Lia moved to a new daycare in a Kibbutz near Rehovot. It is a very nice place and she seems to be doing well there. After quite a lot of nagging, we managed to move Noya to the same place. No more driving around town in the morning to drop off the girls...

Noya is maintaining and even expending her reputation as the infamous hit girl. She is mischievous, loud, carefree, extremely cute, and mostly a danger for herself and others. 
She understands both Hebrew and English, but for now only speaks half-language, meaning just the last sound of each word. That makes it very difficult to understand what she wants. Luckily, 90% of the time she wants what Lia has, so that helps with the guessing.

Most of the summer was spent at the pool, beach or hiking around Israel. We did some beach and river camping, and a few more days of fun at a lovely zimmer up in the north.

Lia had her 4th birthday on August 11th. She was very excited and ended up having 3 separate parties (with 3 b-day cakes), so you can imagine how happy she was...

Video: Lia's 4 years old birthday parties

Noya had her 2nd birthday on Sept 27th. She was happy to see all the people that came to the party, but didn't quite get she was the star, untill... the cake arrived and we all sang to her. Her reaction was just adorable.: Noya's 2 years old birthday party + an intimate moment with pumpkin

Lia and Noya are learning how to be good sisters. Its a work in progress but so far they have been really good at it. Most of the time, Lia is leading the way, making up games, storylines, and songs. Noya plays the part as long as she gets to have the same things as Lia, regardless of fit. Once Noya is dissatisfied, things start to break down and eventually a parent is needed to resolve the situation. However, most days the two can play for hours in their fairy tale land...

And finally, a little clip of cute things the girls do together... how can you resist?
















More videos:
Lia and Noya display various jumping techniques
A collection of summer fun

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