Hooray! Grandma and Grandpa Came to Play

May Days

Playing in the park and getting ready for summer.



(mmm, ice cold lemonade on a hot summer day... maybe without the peel though)

Celebrating Israel 60th at School

In true celebratory fashion, Tzofi spent all week preparing for Israel's 60th anniversary of statehood by learning about its rich history and traditions in school - here's, "All You Ever Needed to Know About Celebrating Israel's Independence: The Toddler Years".

There's flag waving and song singing.
Dove petting and peace talking.
A brief moment of quiet and respite.And then more madness and mayhem.
Happy 60th Israel - and many more.
Love, Tzoofi and Co.

Passover Party Madness

So back in April, during Passover vacation, Tzofi celebrated her little tushy off. Art exhibitions, pony rides, and bouncy castles to name a few, all managed to keep her busy mind off leavened bread for a while. At Aviv's 3rd bday party, Tzofi showed her matza moxey by:

Leading everyone in a kumbaya rendition of 'If you're happy and you know it'

Climbing right up with the 'big' kids and gleefully challenging gravity


Talking about Jewish-Arab coexistence programs with Yochai and Kenny

Cuddling with Dada
Eating watermelon for the first time
(Hmmm, sure is juicy)
Making funny faces with Amir

Good times.

Tzofia gets down.

My baby like to get down.

Family Fun with the Animals at the Zoo: A Story

One beautiful Friday afternoon in April, the Rubenstein-Haller-Locker family headed out to the Ramat Gan Safari Zoo for an afternoon of good ol' animal gawking and mimicry.


Savta and Tzofi decided to show some extra love for the baby goats in the petting zoo. Baa's were heard a'plenty as Tzofi led Savta to grant hugs to all the baby goats she could tackle, er, maul, er, pet.


Well, the whole family was just plumb tuckered out from all the excitement and decided to take a few minutes on a bench to regroup. But Tzofi kept pointing and yelling, monosyllabically,the equivalent of, "Safta, Look! Look who's here!"


And the three of them looked up to where Tzofi was pointing and she exclaimed, "Uncle Kivi!"


"Oh, Tzofi," chuckled the wise Dada. "That's not Uncle Kivi. But you're right, Uncle Kivi does have prehensile feet which he uses to climb and swing from tress."


"Oh," confirmed an enlightened Tzofi, "I better remember to ask Uncle Kivi about that next time I see him."

And She's Off

April has been very exciting around here as Tzofi continues to build up her walking skills with great enthusiasm and a fashionable flare for the dramatic.


She's also got quite a vocabulary with a real knack for conversation, especially when it involves her much-beloved Dada. If you listen closely you may detect some Hebrew in them thar babbles. Cool.