Bits of news

On 3/20/09, Ezra and Naomi's class was combined (no $ to pay their sweet Morah Heather) and so they are with Morah Esther all day now. 3/22--I deactivated my facebook account. What a relief. I had been using it to escape certain tedious aspects of my existence, even to the point of ignoring things like meal prep (such as it is) and bedtime rituals. Bad Mommy--but now good! Also on same day (lucky number 22!), the TV and DVD player got disconnected and are now hibernating in the garage. 3/23-- twins went to the allergist: Saul has no allergies, and Yasha has only egg and peanut. No dairy allergies! Now we have to ease them in with part-lactose-free milk, part regular. Have so far only tried cheese-no problems so far. But eczema mystery not solved... 3/29--Ezra went to Morah Esther's house to have his reading level evaluated. In reading, he's "entering 4th grade." Don't put much stock in that stuff, but sounds good to me. Since the TV went away, he's read (this in one night) the 3rd Wimpy Kid book (dumb, but still a book), the first Lloyd Alexander book (Book of Three) and a book about Wishbone the Dog (Rip van Winkle one). And he just keeps reading and reading and reading, now that there's no TV. I view this activity as sacrosanct and never come in to turn off his light...though I think he stays up past 10pm every night! Even if I were to turn it off, he would just curl up with a book on the bathroom rug, as he does on Shabbos......