Purim 5774

Its been so hectic around here, sorry for not sharing Purim pics sooner!  I figured I'd better get to it quickly, before Adar slips through our fingers...enjoy!

We had a wonderful Purim, full of אורה, שמחה, ששון ויקר!  It was a really beautiful day, in all aspects, and everyone enjoyed themselves!

Since the day got off to an early start (with Mommy davening and hearing מגילה by a Vasikin minyan) we had plenty of time for fun, learning, and davening too!  The boys went to learn with Tatty at "Yeshivas Mordechai Hatzadik", and when they came back we went around to deliver Mishloach Manos.

Once we came back, we still had some time until our Seuda, so I offered the kids a special "מבצע" - I explained to them the power of Tefilla on Purim, and offered them 10 אגרות for every perek of תהילים that they say.  They got straight down to business, and made lots of money!

Then we went for our Seuda by the Solomon's; we all had a really nice time- the kids had fun trying on different hats and costumes, the Mommies had fun shmoozing, and the Tatties...had fun!

May the Simcha of Purim last with us all year, and may Hashem answer all our תפילות for the good!

The case of the missing baby

One night, the twins had insomnia.  After they were in their cribs for a long time, babbling and laughing, but not showing any signs of getting tired, I took them out of their cribs and "let them loose".  Yehuda Leib came to bother me by the computer while I was trying to work (he LOVES to pull the mouse away from me!) and Hillel wandered off to the living room to play with some toys.  A little while later, I saw that YL was starting to get tired, so I put him back in his crib to lay down.  I decided to check on Hillel, to see if maybe he was tired too.

Except that Hillel was nowhere to be found.  I looked in all his favorite places- behind the couch, under the table, next to the washing machine...but he wasn't in any of those places.

"Bentzi!  Where's Hillel!  I can't find him!" I panicked!  We both started looking all over for him, but our search was fruitless- we coudn't find him anywhere!

Finally, I decided to check in the kids' beds....and where do you think I found him?  Cuddled up, fast asleep next to Azriel Shraga.  I'm assuming that AS must have snuck out of bed when I wasn't looking, and snatched up Hillel (he has a special "thing" for Hillel) - either that, or Hillel must have wandered into their room and then Azriel pulled him into bed with him.  In any case, they looked so cute together, all cuddled up and sleeping so peacefully!

Aside from the similar looks of these two, they've got similar personalities also. 

And its adorable how they have a special connection to each other too!

A Freilichen Purim Katan!

On Purim Katan, Nissim came home from Gan dressed as a little chef, and presented me with a container of corn salad that he made!  He was so proud of himself!

Gushing...blood?

No! B"H its just a bottle of "petel" that got knocked off the counter straight onto Yehuda Leib! (someone--ahem--forgot to close it after they were done with it!)  But his facial expression kind of lends to that freaky look (I could probably play around with the colors in Photoshop to make it look more gory!)

Of course, everyone had a fun time licking up Yehuda Leib's "blood" and my little cutie-pie was very dissappointed when I whisked him away to wash him off in the bath!

Silly face!

One afternoon Nissim decided to put his glasses on Hillel, who started making silly faces- he was so cute!  After Hillel pulled them off, I put them on again- and he made the same adorable face again- with sparkling eyes (he's got the same "electric eyes" that Azriel Shraga has!) and a goofy smile on his face.  Time and time again, he kept doing it...but of course I wasn't able to catch it in all its cuteness on film...oh well!