First Day of School

First day of school was August 20th. The kids got their new school shirts the day before and their schedules. We did a practice run with Michael so he would know where to go when he got off the bus the next day.

They were all so excited for school.

And they are off!

Michael got to come home at noon for the first week, the school was getting them ready for full day kindergarten . 

All of the kids like their teachers so far and have been having a great start. Michael is ready for the full day of school, mostly because he wants to eat lunch there like his siblings.

Fig

This is for you Mom;

So for everyone who only knows the basic fruits like me, and if you saw something like this fruit below and would have no clue what it is, this is for you too.

The Fig 

 Yup this is a fig fruit it grows on a fig tree with the really cool leaves.

The fig is very sweet and you eat the whole thing, the inside is a bit stringy of sorts. but it is good.

Soreq Cave 8/11/13

Our adventure this week was to the Soreq Stalactite caves.

It is one of the Nature reserve parks that we have a book about and I am determined to see a bunch of these sights before we leave Israel.

The cool lights made it look like a Disney land ride.

The kids and I started to play "I Spy" with the different formations.

See if you can see the Old woman in this formation. 

This was my "I spy".

I love this one it reminds me of the undersides of mushrooms.

This is called the " Disappointed love" a stalactite and stalagmite just about to touch.

Art and Pottery

The kids really love their art class at school. It lets them be very creative.  These are the pieces of art that were in their art show at the AIS school.

This year Jonathan had this elephant on display .

Olivia made a Hamsa with the rest of the 1st grade. 

The Hamsa is an ancient Middle Eastern amulet symbolizing the Hand of God. In all faiths it is a protective sign. It brings it's owner happiness, luck, health, and good fortune.

 Both of these pictures were done with art pastels by Jonathan

This peacock was done with water color by Olivia with some added sequins. 

Rosh Hanikra 8/4/13

We had so much fun today, we drove up to Rosh Hanikra and went to some sea caves. It was up at the tippy top of Israel on the sea, we could see the border to Lebanon. Wish we could have jumped over just to say we have been to that Country. The cliffs at Rosh Hanikra are made of chalk, because of this the waves and rainwater have developed a whole bunch of sea caves (Grottos). You use to only be able to see the caves if you were scuba diving in the sea. Now they have made a cable car that takes you down to the sea level and lets you enter the grottos. It was a lot of fun walking around inside the caves and exploring the fascinating water pools.