hunger strike

the boys are taking turns choosing what to wear each day. the only requirement is that they wear the same thing each day; doing so makes it easier to spot them when they run after a pigeon in the midst of a crowded street. 

but they don't like each other's choices in clothes. yesterday was ben's day and Sam spent 20 minutes complaining at breakfast. 

today is sam's day and Ben protested by refusing to put on his shoes. A hunger strike; no shoes, no breakfast. 

THERE'S WIFI!!!

we found a restaurant for lunch with free wifi. the highlight of the day for the boys. :) they completely lost their minds when they sat down. to my surprise, the first thing they did when they sat down was check for wifi... evidently they have been waiting for two days for to apply an upgrade to their roblox app. 

...although they passed on tahini as a dipping sauce for fries. 

i didn't.  tahini and fries are a surprisingly delicious combination. 

in post dinner news, the owner of the restaurant attempted to charge my wife 45 dollars for 3 orders of fries. this owner just learned what happens when my wife feels cheated. after a short, rather one sided "discussion," the price changed. :)

it's fun to be in a place where all things are negotiable. 

what smells like chicken

its chicken. 

and a blown fuse. 

we bust into the food shortage supply case and made meal #1 for the kids. oven baked chicken.  finishing their meal included searching the hotel room for the fuse box. i found it. 

in related news, elaine engineered a mechanism for fitting 6 pounds of food into a 5 pound box. that's right - push a suitcase up against the front to keep the door closed. 

dinner!

if you drove past our house this morning and wondered, "why is there a red suitcase sitting on the front step?" you should know that there might be a food shortage in jerusalem. i haven't heard anything on the news or read anything online about it yet, but one is best to be prepared. so we packed a suitcase full of food. and an electric skillet. since everything in the suitcase is cold, i'm storing it on the front step until we leave. i figure the -14 degrees is just as good as a freezer. and a suitcase doesn't fit very well in my freezer anyway. 

i wonder what i'm forgetting....passports. check. food. check. underwear. check. yahtzee! check. good enough.