Bim's weekend

The big girls started attending school three days a week last week in preparation for the new baby. They are now attending school on Friday's for Shabbat. When I was telling the girls about going to school for Shabbat they were very excited, Lior wanted to see the Kiddush cup and Sydney wanted to wear a costume. It was only when Sydney asked if she could make noise that I realized she thought she was going for Purim. She had fun in spite of the confusion.
When I picked them up from school we were told we were going to have a visitor for the weekend, Bim. Bim is the shabbat bear the travels home with one child a weekend and the parents write about their adventures in a journal. I was surprised but the girls were excited to have Bim come for a visit and we tried to entertain him to the best of our ability.
Saturday morning Matt took the girls to the playground so I could continue my cleaning quest. Bim and the girls went down the slide, rode bikes and washed their hands at the park.
After the park they went to Dunkin' Donuts where everyone enjoyed sharing their donut with Bim.

Matt had the time of his life trying to take the girls to the bathroom. After Matt got everyone settled at the table with their donuts Sydney announced she had to go to the bathroom. Matt got everyone up and told the man behind the counter that they were still working on their donuts and not to clean them up. He got everyone into the bathroom and Lior on the toilet when he realized that he left the portable potty in the car. Of course Sydney refused to use the big potty so he got Lior off the toilet and walked everyone to the car for Sydney's potty. He had to remind the guy behind the counter not to clean up the donuts on the way out and on the way back in. The kids headed straight for their donuts when they came back from the car and Matt had to coax them back into the bathroom where Jordan decided to run around with the toilet paper and touched everything she could find which drove Matt up a wall. When he came home he sang my praises and asked me about a hundred times how I did it every day without loosing my mind.
On Sunday we decided to take the girls to a horse farm. Matt's landlords at work board horses and own several of their own and have been inviting us over for close to two years. Lior's recent fascination with horses has made the offer more enticing and so we decided to take them up on their offer. Their property was just beautiful and the horses were spectacular. The girls got to feed the peacocks and look for iguana's and turtles while we walked around the ponds. We pet several horses and were able to get up close and personal with Bravo, a beautiful gentle horse who the girls got to hug and kiss. It was amazing how large the horses were in comparison to the girls. Sydney and Lior were as tall as Bravo's head! The girls loved showing Bim the horse and letting him give the horse kisses too. Jordan was very brave and got close enough to kiss the horse but did not like it when it made any noise.

It was a great experience and we can not wait to take the girls back to see the horses again.