Purim at Temple Aliyah

This year Purim started on February 28th. Purim is supposed to be one of the most fun holidays on the Jewish calendar. It commemorates a time when the Jewish people living in Persia were saved from extermination.It is customary to hold carnival-like celebrations on Purim, to perform plays and parodies, and to hold beauty contests. Americans sometimes refer to Purim as the Jewish Mardi Gras. Justin's Temple was holding a carnival in the parking lot so we met his parents there and enjoyed the festivities.

The first thing we did was play the water balloon game and of course being the queen that I am I won. :) We then let Tyson play a few games. One where he had to roll a ball and try to knock down these two ppins at the end of a table. He was trying to throw the ball so he had some practice to roll it. When he did it himself, it wasn't making it far enough so with a little help from his daddy he was able to make it and win a lot of tickets.


Later on he got to ride hte Merry-Go-Round with his grandpa Neal. He loved it. Everytime he would pass us on the outside he would wave to us. So adorable. Then it was Grandma Stacey's turn and she took him on a bumble bee ride while Justin and I got on a drop-zone like ride which was unbelievably scary.



Tyson even got on the super slide with his daddy. I think he was a little scared but he had fun. Then we took him to the petting zoo. He was a little older this time compared to when he went for Easter last year so he enjoyed it a little more and even tried to feed the animals although it was unsuccessful. Getting the food to stay in his hand was a challenge.


THEN, for some odd reason we decided t o get his face painted by the worse face painter alive. Justin told her to to a pirate and I though she was gonna draw a small pirate on the side of his face but instead she was making him into a pirate. It first looked as though she was gonna color his whole eye black for a patch but then she stopped and only made the outline which ended up being worse then if it were all black. Her hand was shaking sooo bad that she could hardly draw. Poor guy looked like a little puppy with a spot on his eye.

She then proceeded to draw a black scar on the side of his face and a beard that wasn't really a beard but black dots on his chin. THIS face painting was HORRIBLE. Tyson looked miserable as he walked around with it on his face. I think we were all a little embarrassed for him so it quickly had to come off with the help of some wipes. Of course it wasnt easy so more or less he just had black stains on his face and a ruined white shirt.

Overall, minus the face painting we all had a great time at the carnival. Now it's time to take Tyson to DISNEYLAND before he turns two and it costs $60 for him to get it. Only a month more left.

Mommy Group: Zimmer Children's Museum

A few weeks ago Tyson and I took a trip with the Mommy Group to the Zimmer Children's Museum. It is a museum in LA hand on exhibits for children 0-8 to explore. I didn't know this before I went there but most of the exhibits have a Jewish culutral theme. I thought it was pretty awesome because Tyson could play and learn a little more about part of his heritage.

When we first entered there was a mock Western Wall. I learned that this is an important Jewish religious site in the Old city of Jerusalem. Just as on the real wall, there are many prayer notes slipped into the crevaces of the wall. It is said that over a million notes are placed on the wall each year. They are removed twice a year and buried on the Mount of Olives.


There were all different kinds of rooms in the museum, each with a theme. There was a children's synagogue where they had a Torah that you could scroll through and a little play synagogue. Tyson enjoyed playing with the people in there and making them sit in the chairs.



There was a BIG ambulance on one side of the museum. Tyson and his friend Alex tried to take it for a joy ride. It was so cute looking at them pretending to drive with their little heads sticking hardly seeing out the window.

There was a room with a kitchen and dining table where Tyson decided he was gonna go grocery shopping and then eat the fake food for lunch.

His favorite room was the Bouncy room. He was running around and falling everywhere. We stayed in this room the most.

Then he proceeded to go to the community board and I think he spelled out his name. Can you find it?
We had to leave our hand prints on the board so everyone knew we were there.
Upon exiting there was a huge plane. Tyson loves planes. Every time he hears one in the sky he stops whatever he's doing and looks up trying to find it yelling "Plane, plane". So of course he had to go inside and try to give it a fly.


my little co-pilot looked like he knew exactly what he was doing. He was having so much fun here he didn't want to leave. I'm sure we'll be back again some day.

Bundle of Joy

This is how I bundle up my little pumpkin after a shower.... he loves it. He'll sit and watch cartoons for a little bit before he has to put clothes on. Luckily he hasnt peed on the bed yet :::knock knock:::

Car, Train, Bike, Ball

Tyson loves his books and it is just absolutely the most adorable thing when he grabs them and lays on the floor and "reads" them. He loves this book because of the noises it makes and he knows all the pictures in it so I guess technically he can kinda read it. I love it!!! He has been learning sooo much, especially talking wise, he's gonna be having a conversation with me in no time.

He hears TRAIN and he says TOOOOTOOOO!!! uh I just wanna eat him up.

Mommy Group: Remo Drum Circle

yesterday we after our walk around Lake Balboa, we decided last minute to hit up a mommy group that was near by at the REMO drum circle. It's a huge warehouse on saturdays they have the free drum circle where they take out tons of drums and instruments and they have a leader lead the kids with the drums. I had always seen this as a meetup but had never been and it was a lot bigger then i had expected. I was expecting a small room with a few kids playing with instruments but this was huge. We walked in and everyone was already playing. It was so loud but beautiful at once. They had ear plugs for people and children, thats how loud it got. tyson actually wore his the whole time.

He loves playing music and banging on things so this was right up his alley. He sat and played on the drums the entire time. I think we'll definitely try out this place again sometime.

I wanna hold your haaaaand

I told you he was a ladie's man... on our way to the park we stopped at the gas station and we were next to my friend Robin's stroller with baby Izabella inside and of course Tyson reaches over and grabs her hand. SO CUTE!!!

Mommy Group: Valentine's Day at the Park

The Friday before Valentine's Day there was a mommy meetup at Lake Balboa. I brought Tyson of course in his best Valentine's shirt. It said "Cupid is my Homeboy". LOVED IT!!! We got there and I have never seen so many desserts in my life. And they kept coming. Most of them red or pink themed. Of course I had gained a few pounds this day. There was sooo many desserts that Aja, the mom that hosted, had to beg people to take them. She was even giving away cupcakes at the park. People probably thought she was weird. lol.

Tyson spent a lot of time trying to chase birds. He also wanted to play at the park a lot. He likes going down the slide and swinging. He even found a little girlfriend. In the previous post you could see him work his magic. He kept hugging her over and over. I think he even tried to get her phone number once.

Of course before we left he practically tried to jump in the lake to pet the ducks. He LOOOOVES animals. so he was so happy. Its so amazing to watch him grow and see his little personality develop. he's definitely gonna be a ladie's man. Now just gotta make sure he's at least a good one.