What keeps Beth up at night and sleeping during the day

We hope to call Shawn "Abba" around the time of his birthday next April (13th).

Beth: Ima (eema)

Grandmother: Savta
Grandfather: Sabba
Uncle: Dod (rhymes with "code")
Aunt: Dodah (dode-dah)
Cousins: Ben/Bar Dodah (son of aunt), Bat Dodah (daughter of aunt)

Ulpan post

I just have to link you to our friend's blog, Unending Mercies. Austin and Heather are here in Israel for basically the same reasons we are here. Austin just posted a good description of what his and Shawn's Ulpan has been like so far.

Tidbits

We've had a busy August and September (at least Shawn has) with Hebrew class. He has had a lot of homework and new vocab to work on memorizing. A few things we've done besides Hebrew:

• Visited with new friends

From Sept

This our friend David from California. Chances are he'll be here as long as we are here. The past couple of weeks we've been going to the same church service on Friday nights.

• Went to the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo (the Gan Chiot)

From Zoo

From Zoo

From Zoo

From Zoo

From Zoo

From Zoo

From Zoo

Shawn went with his class this last week, but I went these guys (plus their baby brother George and Mom Winona):

From Zoo

From Zoo

From Zoo

Samuel and Elly

From Zoo

Samuel learning to roll down hill.

• Read signs in two languages, but here are some English ones
  

From Sept

From Sept

These people have recently been made cheerful.

What's next? Shawn starts his fall classes on Oct. 18th and he'll have a good sized load including Akkadian, Literary Arabic, Biblical Hebrew, and continuing Modern Hebrew among others I can't remember at the moment. I'll start my intensive Modern Hebrew class on Oct. 19th and continue babysitting a few times a month.