rivi-kyri

2012-02-07T22:39:00.001-05:00

Congratulations to Rivi on losing her first tooth!

"Go ahead, test me"

2011-09-12T21:12:00.000-05:00

Back to school

Rivi's first day of grade 1

She was happy to be back

Kyri's first day of Junior Kindergarten

And she was ready!

2011-09-12T20:59:00.000-05:00

This summer's pose

What happened when I gave Rivi and her friend each a roll of yarn

At Edward Gardens in Toronto

2011-09-12T20:46:00.000-05:00

AUGUST 28 2011 - KYRI TURNS 4!!!

per request, pin the tail on the donkey

A treasure hunt and spray painting

Water balloons, of course

And an exploding volcano cake

2011-09-12T20:28:00.001-05:00

August

Banana muffins for sale!

Pretty profile

Ummmm....oh, you know...it's just my gymnastics camp

2011-09-07T20:46:00.000-05:00

August

Too cute

Painting coat racks

Beatnik

Artiste

Riviland

2011-09-07T20:40:00.000-05:00

August

Creating a mud bog in the back yard

Happy 39th to Ori

Writing on the walls

With pencil

Wall art by Rivi

2011-09-07T20:32:00.000-05:00

August 2011

Kyri at Kiwanis Park

Rivi at Kiwanis Park

Making a card for her father

Painting a shirt for her dad's birthday

2011-09-07T20:23:00.000-05:00

August 2011

At Columbia Lake

My monkey husband

Monkey daughter 1

Monkey daughter 2

Swinging on the branches

2011-09-07T20:13:00.000-05:00

July 22, 2011 - Rivi turned 6

She learned to swim this summer...

so did her sister...almost.

Dog pile!

Friends

2011-09-07T20:05:00.000-05:00

Birthday fun

Rivi turned 6 at the pool

Rivi and her friend Jacob

Taking a break

Water balloon fight!

Pizza and Cake

2011-09-05T20:26:00.000-05:00

Nice back float

Kyri gets two instructors and the entire pool to herself

2011-09-05T20:15:00.001-05:00

Summer fun

It's apple juice, I promise

A new pose

Do I have to sweep the deck?

Cat by Rivi

Kyri practicing her tap routine in the kitchen

2011-09-05T20:11:00.000-05:00

Family Fun Day at Paintin' Place - a farewell to Kyri's preschool

Halloween at the Pool

Play date

Mini Olympics - Rivi got three second place ribbons

I can fly!

2011-09-05T19:42:00.000-05:00

CANADA DAY 2011 - JULY 1

Pumping water at Doon Heritage Village

Let me have it

Kyri on stilts with Dad's help

Waiting for the fireworks

2011-09-03T21:45:00.000-05:00

Under the Big Top - dress rehearsal - CSD 2011

2011-09-03T21:38:00.001-05:00

JUNE

Saying good bye after a nice visit

Looking for fish in Lake Ontario

Nice get up

Getting ready for dress rehearsal for Under the Big Top

Homemade popsicles

2011-09-03T21:22:00.000-05:00

June

Kyri with her Grandpa

First piano recital

Girls with their Grandma

2011-09-03T21:09:00.000-05:00

JUNE

Ori and his girls

The elf room

Cirque de backyard

You're it

Babushkas

2011-04-17T14:27:00.001-05:00

Punk Rock Princess

We went to the Butterfly conservatory today because it is snowing outside

Princess

2011-02-28T11:47:00.002-05:00

Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada

Thanks to a stranger, we have a family picture.

Kyri painted her face.

Rivi played in the water.

And Ori attracted several new friends.

2011-02-26T22:09:00.000-05:00

2011-02-07T22:31:00.000-05:00

Winter 2011

We are all learning to skate, but Rivi is willing to put in the most hours.

Kyri would rather watch from the bench.

Ori is pretty good, which means I haven't seen him fall yet.

And here is Kyri, happy once her skates are off.

2010-12-02T14:16:00.000-05:00

Big bright eyes

Catching the butterfly

Princessed up...always.

Marble Run - lots of fun

2010-10-31T21:18:00.002-05:00

Rawr!

Time out for tea with a tiger

A mermaid (but not Ariel)

2010-10-16T20:40:00.001-05:00

In the pumpkin patch at Shantzholm Farm

Picking the perfect pumpkin is hard work

The Rainbow fairy

2010-09-26T19:59:00.000-05:00

SEPTEMBER

Ready for school

Rivi chose the fabric, designed the dress,
and did a lot of the sewing.

A lovely Sunday (today)...

for a walk on the Grand River Trail.

2010-09-01T20:52:00.000-05:00

Kyri turned 3 on Saturday...

and started Preschool today.

2010-09-01T20:45:00.000-05:00

Two girls

Summer time

More sunshine

Garden fairy

2010-09-01T20:40:00.000-05:00

Collecting sunshine

2010-07-28T15:12:00.000-05:00

Most importantly...

we celebrated Rivi's 5th birthday!

"just what I wanted, a pearl ring"

and overnight, she grew

and what a celebration is has been.

2010-07-28T15:03:00.000-05:00

We've also...

painted the walls pink,

replaced old carpet,

gardened

and gallumphed

2010-07-28T14:46:00.003-05:00

Since we've been home, we have...

located cannolis (and cappuccinos)

had a haircut

dressed as a teletubby

dressed as a princess

2010-06-22T06:42:00.000-05:00

Performance night 2010

Out for a walk on a rainy afternoon

2010-06-12T15:04:00.000-05:00

"I love my daddy"

2010-06-12T15:01:00.000-05:00

Pisa, Italy

Yes, it really does lean and so does Rivi's icecream

Ew, the carcass of a lizard. Much more interesting than a leaning tower

Surreal

And even better than the lizard...a hanging chain (for a balance beam of course!)

2010-06-12T14:56:00.000-05:00

Edinburgh, Scotland

We were only there for an hour or so, but we saw enough to know we want to go back

2010-06-12T14:54:00.000-05:00

Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Pulling the tea drinking tigers tail

Little miss

Pillow room at the Life Center in Newcastle

"I'm picking up the earf"

2010-06-12T14:47:00.000-05:00

Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Round and round the well

The fantastic Rivi fox at Seven Stories

Flower Fairy

Butterfly Fairy

2010-05-31T14:58:00.000-05:00

Hermanas y amigas

2010-05-31T14:56:00.000-05:00

The happy family

A little Spanish singing and guitar

2010-05-29T08:50:00.000-05:00

Taking a break from dancing on the roof of Casa Batllo

A 1 Euro scarf comes in handy at the market

At the beach

At the beach 2

2010-05-29T08:42:00.000-05:00

Around and around

At Sagrada Familia

At Casa Batllo

At Casa Batllo

2010-05-29T08:30:00.000-05:00

An apple a day...

Far away

In an alley in Barcelona

Park Guell

2010-05-29T08:20:00.000-05:00

Barcelona, Spain -- May 21-28, 2010

2010-05-19T15:28:00.000-05:00

Shadow dancing

A smile for her sister

2010-05-19T15:24:00.001-05:00

The Fox Princess

A Pretty Profile

2010-05-04T15:25:00.000-05:00

Eating Langos in the Great Hall Market, Budapest

Lemonade (?) and Coffee

2010-05-04T15:17:00.001-05:00

BUDAPEST

The girls had as much fun inside our Budapest apt. as exploring the city

Beautiful

All the world is her stage

The Great Hall Market

2010-05-04T06:22:00.001-05:00

A PLAYGROUND IN BUDAPEST

2010-05-04T06:14:00.000-05:00

A door, Castle Hill, Buda, Hungary

Ori playing chess while enjoying the thermal baths of Budapest

Anonymous

Once upon a time, the building behind Kyri was white.
This is a result of pollution.

2010-05-04T06:03:00.000-05:00

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - MARCH 26-30

Budapest is a great city. Sprawling and monumental and empty.
A perfect walking city with lots of thrift stores and coffee shops,
art and architecture.

2010-04-24T15:06:00.000-05:00

From the terrace of our hotel room in Florence

Yes, I let Rivi add her name - future grafitti artist? no!

I can't remember the name of this church,
but I bet Nate does - What a memory!

GELATO!

2010-04-24T15:01:00.000-05:00

Dinner at dal mi'cocco in Perugia Italy

Catching some rays atop a tower

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, jump

Alicia and Nate in Assisi.

2010-04-24T05:42:00.000-05:00

ALICIA AND NATE IN ITALY

At St. Peter's Basilica

Inside the Vatican Museum

Inside the Colliseum

Lunch

2010-04-12T06:17:00.000-05:00

Icecream in Israel

Gelato in Italy

2010-04-12T06:11:00.000-05:00

This needs no explaination

Such a sweet girl

In Sicis's showroom, Milan

2010-04-12T06:06:00.000-05:00

On the stairs leading to the top of the Duomo in Milan

Atop the Duomo

What a nice looking husband I have.

Jump!

2010-04-12T06:03:00.000-05:00

Milan, Italy

2010-04-08T06:26:00.000-05:00

Jerusalem

At the beach

Watching the waves

2010-04-08T06:16:00.000-05:00

The Beach, Tel Aviv

Kyri

Me and the girls

Rivi

Rivi and Uncle Yali

2010-04-08T06:09:00.000-05:00

Some of the group - Esther, Rivi, Roni, Zena, Orit, Eliezer, Beni, Yali, Ivy

Savta Zena with granddaughters and great granddaughters

Savta Zena with Grandsons...and Rivi and Kyri

Eliezer, Zena and Esther

2010-04-08T05:54:00.000-05:00

Kfar Saba, Israel

The real reason for our trip...family

At the train station

In Tel Aviv

B'beit shel Savta Zena

2010-04-07T11:58:00.001-05:00

...

2010-04-07T11:51:00.000-05:00

Israel, an introduction...lots more to come

2010-03-17T15:56:00.000-05:00

The Grand Canal, Venice

More San Marco

Kyri and Grandpa and the Adriatic Sea

Fantastic Rivi Fox

2010-03-17T15:49:00.000-05:00

Montana --> Venice

View in the Ducale Palace

The girls have been pretending that they're sailing boats through Venice for the last few days...

...so we assume they enjoyed the Gondola ride.

2010-03-17T15:34:00.000-05:00

Venice, Italy Mar 9-12

Gondolas in snow

In Piazza San Marco

Snowball fight

A crowd of one

2010-03-08T16:20:00.000-05:00

Yeah, Mom and Dad in Perugia!

One, Two, Three, Four

A tour

Sweet Sunshine

In the bean store

2010-02-28T17:21:00.001-05:00

Our very cool friends took us to see a very cool puppet show!

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2010-02-25T08:35:00.000-05:00

Griffin - The symbol of Perugia

2010-02-23T14:57:00.000-05:00

An alley near our aparment

Along the road

The playground at the end of the mini-metro line.

Rivi said that people who can walk the tight-rope are "great artists".

2010-02-16T15:13:00.000-05:00

Carnivale float

Carnivale parade

Carnivale confetti fight

2010-02-16T15:10:00.000-05:00

Animate pastries

Mysterious staircase

2010-02-16T15:05:00.000-05:00

Balancing on the bus while the driver stops for a 15 minute lunch break.

In front of a map of the solar system.

Aftermath of Carnivale

2010-02-09T10:00:00.000-05:00

The newest (and prettiest) dancer at Centro Studi Danza Umbro

2010-02-09T09:55:00.000-05:00

"Don't let the pigeon drive the bus!"

At the party carnivale

Giggle

Confettied

2010-02-09T09:49:00.000-05:00

Kyri and Rivi in the boat

Flight of the pigeons at Pigeon Park

Rivi and Kyri fly the air

2010-01-31T15:44:00.000-05:00

Pozzo Etusco

Below ground,

walking through tunnels,

dark and damp

to make a wish in a wishing well

2010-01-30T16:14:00.000-05:00

The cucumber stairwell

Arches everywhere

Against a moss-covered wall

2010-01-30T16:05:00.000-05:00

When inside, the girls dress up...

...and dance,

practice balancing...

and put together puzzles made from pizza boxes

2010-01-25T14:18:00.000-05:00

The piazza with all the statues

Running in Florence

On the train - Florence to Perugia

2010-01-25T14:13:00.000-05:00

Along the Arno River in Florence, Italy

Inside the Duomo

Some piazza

Inspired at the Uffizi

2010-01-17T15:16:00.000-05:00

Queen of the Kitchen

Rivi's "school" work - life cycle of a frog/toad
and practicing the letters T and D

Pretending to be tigers

View from our balcony

2010-01-12T09:52:00.002-05:00

Admiration

She'll be coming around the corner...

"My fountain" on a foggy day

Bunkbeds

2010-01-11T09:44:00.000-05:00

Our building

Our 85 step stairwell

A nice walk

2010-01-08T08:22:00.001-05:00

Perugia, Italia

Courtyard of the Vatican Museum

Piazza St. Peters, Rome

Rivi with Uni and Kyri with Blankie hat

2009-11-24T14:23:00.003-05:00

It is not a box

Kyri playing

Doctor K

Beaded

Discovery

2009-11-10T21:57:00.002-05:00

My poor, poor baby. 103.4 fever and miserable. The doctor confirmed that she has the H1N1 flu, so now it's Tamilflu, Tylenol and constant monitoring for the next few days.

The rest of us had the flu last week, but without the high fever. Still, Ori, Rivi and I happily rolled up our sleeves for the H1N1 vaccination during Kyri's appointment. When the nurse asked who wanted to go first, Rivi hopped off Ori's lap, ran to the appointed chair and said "me, me." She watched the nurse stab her, but didn't even flinch. Said ouch, then went along merrily.

I forbid any other bug from entering my home this year.

Last week was a quiet week at home because Rivi had the flu. This week will be another so Kyri can fight this bug.

2009-11-10T21:53:00.001-05:00

HALLOWEEN 2009

Kitty cat Kyri

Cinderella Rivi

The discovery of make up

2009-10-16T19:26:00.002-05:00

don't rock the boat

I drew the cone, but the rest was all Kyri.

All smiles

"Two Princesses" by Rivi

2009-10-02T11:15:00.000-05:00

Princess Rivi

Princess Kyri

2009-09-15T12:32:00.002-05:00

First day of Kindergarden.

Rivi is going to do well. As we walked her to school, Rivi socialized with neighborhood kids and strode confidently along the sidewalk. Upon arrival, she immediately struck up a conversation with an older kindergardener and yelled over her shoulder "bye mom and dad" as she happily walked into the building.

2009-08-28T20:31:00.000-05:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KYRI

2 years old

1 year old

1 day old

2009-08-17T20:27:00.002-05:00

FLATHEAD LAKE

Super cool

This is fun

Drivin'

A little too cold for swimming

2009-08-17T20:22:00.001-05:00

FLATHEAD LAKE, MT

The girls loved the boat

and the water

Fishin'

The boat

2009-08-16T21:04:00.002-05:00

CAMPING IN MONTANA

What is there to say, but beautiful

Hailey bug

K bean

Tackle box treasures

Down the road

2009-07-23T12:13:00.002-05:00

Wow. 4 years old already...

1 hour

2009-07-07T11:39:00.001-05:00

She has a sense of humor

At the easel

2009-06-26T12:10:00.003-05:00

RIVI

Happy

Angry

Contemplative