Happy Birthday Leora!

Our big news this week was that we successfully celebrated American birthday No.2. Leora turned 13 on Tuesday. I'm pleased to say that there were no extreme overnight transformations from sweet little girl to horrific teenager. You can draw your own conclusions about why that did not happen. (See this clip if you don't know what I'm talking about.

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Anyway, I suggested that Leora have some friends over on Shabbat afternoon in honour of her birthday, so she invited her entire grade of girls (around 40 of them) and instructed me to purchase a large supply of snacks for the occasion. She was also very clear that she wanted a home-made cake and not a lame Costco effort. I guess I should have been flattered.

In the end, some girls couldn't make it as they live far away, plus it was insanely cold here, but we had a decent turnout of about 25 excited American 12/13 year old girls. Maya and Eitan were strongly advised to evacuate the premises for the duration of the gathering. They didn't need to be told twice and were both taken in by some kindhearted friends. Avrom somehow managed to sleep through the entire thing - no surprises there - and Tzofia enjoyed being the group mascot and wowing her audience with her 5 year-old British accent, which is apparently even more entertaining than the rest of the family's British accents. Thankfully, all went well and the house was soon restored to its natural state of just one teenager and her (long-suffering) family.


Wish us luck!