Meanwhile Yori is making Beet Kvass

Our version of Kvass is made from raw beets, water, salt and a little whey (by product of our great home-made, 24-hours fermented yogurt & Labaneh made from raw milk)
Roughly-
* 4 medium beets (peeled and cubed)
* 1 tablespoon salt
* 1/4 cup fresh whey (must be alive)
* fill water to the top of a 1.5 L jar

while most books say to let ferment outside the fridge for 2 days, I found that in the Berkeley weather it is better after 4-5 days, at which point it should be placed in the refrigerator. A week later it is at its best. Real sweet and sour... like drinking slightly effervescent sweet pickle juice.

Itai posing after the haircut

But the real haircut was the next day...

 
 
 
 

Itai's Upsherin. The 29th was his Hebrew birthday date

Almost Itai's 3rd birthday...

Still a lot of hair

Leila is putting Itai to sleep in the doll's bed

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Meanwhile, Shahar continues to grow

More Piñata in the making

16 pictures below. Itai asked for a helicopter as Piñata .

First tummy-tub

Colette is using her own secret tea recipe instead of soap.
It has flowers and oats in it. This is all I know (Yori)

3 of Colette's creations

(OK - Yori helped with this one)

This is the latest reincarnation of te season's table. All hand made from scratch.

One night Colette could not sleep, and in the morning there was a bird!
Needle-felted wool.

Starting to make the Piñata for Itai's birthday

Piñata

Itai loves cucumbers with salt and lemon

Another Shahar series

Itai posing as he learnt from Vivi. Very professional.