Last night/today was Memorial day in Israel. The kibbutz had a ceremony last night (which I missed, due to baby) and had tables set up in the lobby of the dining hall with pictures and stories of kibbutz members. It's not an easy thing.
On another note, kibbutz life doesn't seem to be helping my oh-so-mild (undiagnosed) OCD. Since tonight was Independence day, complete with festive meat meal, lunch today was dairy. Dairy? But-- But-- But lunch is always meat! How could they just-- But--??? Then I saw they were serving "corn shnitzel" for lunch and realized I haven't eaten one of those since my last week in Israel almost 10 years ago, and decided I could relax. Yum yum yum.
Also, since we had dairy for lunch, we stopped by the mini-mart and bought ice-cream bars. Now there's a treat we haven't had in a long time! Ice-cream for the adults, while the baby played joyfully with the flag he was given by his daycare. Baby loves flags.
This afternoon, baby also loves eating. I mean, he's generally always down for a nosh, but he did nothing but nurse or eat solids from 4:30-7:00. Seriously. He spent a good hour and half eating a tomato and challah (and feeding me said tomato and challah, with some gentle reminders that feeding Ema food off of your tray is adorable, but feeding Ema food out of your mouth is totally gross, yo), then wanted to nurse, then found the food he dropped on the floor and munched on that. Growth spurt?
This evening, I actually made it to the 7:15 ceremony transitioning between Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day) and Yom HaAtzmaut (Independence Day). Husbinator davened the celebratory (40 minute!) maariv, and BSM sat nicely in his stroller, though he did not fall asleep. At 8:30, baby had a meltdown, so I took him home and put him to bed, and we grabbed food and ate at home, rather than on the grass with everyone else. Nu, nu, we made it longer than I thought we would.
In an odd twist, we got a letter from the Georgia Department of Labor inviting us to take an identity quiz! Not a big deal, it took about 5 minutes for us to confirm our ID, and we should receive our refund within 7-10 business days. But the way the letter was worded, I jokingly wondered if we'd have to fill out one of those BuzzFeed quizzes: WHICH DISNEY PRINCESS ARE YOU? But no, we're just us. Thank G-d. :-)
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