our family of 5...

Reuven Nadav Salinger

Our third son, Reuven Nadav is here.

Reuven (the english form being, Reuben) means 'behold a son!', and Nadav means 'generous'.

We truly feel SO blessed for this beautiful and generous gift from God... another son.

Reuven was born on Wednesday the 12th of May, weighing 3.4kgs. The C-section was in the end an amazingly joyful experience and we are just SO thankful to the Lord for the peace and comfort He gave.

We are all now home, and are so enjoying being a family of 5.

Though a little more sleep would be appreciated by all.

Cuddles!!

Handmade Baby #3: Aged wooden blocks

These were simply plain and boring wooden blocks that we had lying around.

But with a little paint, a ton of patience, sandpaper, and these adorable farm animals... out came these sweet little aged wooden blocks for baby number 3's corner of the room.

I will add the final coat of modge podge to them soon, but here they are!

So thats my handmade project #3! (Number 4 is almost almost completed. )

Thanks for taking the time to view!!

enjoying Spring in our new home...

This is our new seasons and education/ display corner. yes this has been a multi-purpose area... but i think its finally found its use.

...and as you can see there is plenty of room left on the shelves for a lot more crafts, books and fun things that we will make and create!!

Caterpillars are an absolute FAVOURITE of shalevs right now, so we made these lovely little creatures to display on our spring shelf.

and these birdies (stones) were fun to make as well. Shalev loves glueing! So this activity was the best.

happy Spring!

Outing to the National Park...

North for Emelia's birthday

During the Passover Holiday my little sister turned 18!

So we packed our bags and headed north for a couple of days to celebrate and spend time with her. This year i was limited with time so i literally threw together this cake for her. I was in a slight dilemma about how exactly i was going to transport a Mousse cake on a rather long (well a few hours) car ride. It wasnt the jerking i was afraid of... it was the melting i was fearing!!

Well.. it all turned out well in the end. And actually it was a yummy scrummy cake. All thanks to the 'Australian Home Beautiful' magazine for the delicious recipe! haha. If anyone wants a delicious 'Dark chocolate and rum mousse cake' recipe... just let me know!

We had a lovely afternoon picnic in the gardens of the guest home my sister volunteers at. Dave's family came to celebrate with her also. The weather couldn't have been better!

Then we all hopped into our cars and headed to Gamla.

Gamla is well known for its eagles and its beautiful hike.

Happy birthday Aunty Meme. we love you!