Rat Update

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One day the rat got into the room with the washing machine and it was at night and Ima caught it and tossed it in a bag onto the porch. The next morning it was dead.  On Thursday the other rat got in again and I saw it this morning and we haven't seen it since.  So that's all for the rat update.  Stay tuned for more furry news.

Signing off.

Gavi

  

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Last night Ezra saw two rats on the porch and today one of them was on the floor of the porch and here is a picture. 

So cute, it wants to get some food to eat. Too bad because today we also bought a rat trap and it is a glue trap.

Signing off.

Gavi

Zoo Time Again!!

Gavriel in Israel

Sunday, we went to the biblical zoo and we had a blast first we got our own membership cards and saw some monkeys then we went and saw some pelicans, flamingos and many other birds.  Then, we went to the kangaroos and were able to get very close to them.  There was a cassurary in an exhibit next to the kangaroos.  The cassuary can kill people.  It is a good thing that it was not out on the loose like the kangaroos.  We then went to see the peccary and there was a little baby peccary, and it was very cute.  It was also very small.  After we saw the peccary, we saw birds.  We went into the bird house and to our surprise, instead of birds there were bats and only two birds.  The tawny frog mouth and another that was a type of pigeon.  Then we saw tapirs, caybara, and mara.  Then we came to the playground in the zoo and Ezra and I played on the structures there.

Then we went to another part of the zoo and had ice cream.  I had the same type that I had when we went swimmming.  Read all about it in an earlier post.  It was good.  

Signing off.  

Gavi. 

Gavriel in Israel

On Shabbat night we went over our uncle and aunt's house for dinner.  They were also hosting Shimon, his daughter, and his dog.  His dog's name is Tahoma, and his daughter's name is Devorah.  Dinner was chicken, soup, salad, and a yummy dessert.  Unfortunately I was very tired, so of the yummy dessert, my dessert was an ice cream cone, which was still very tasty.  I went home with my Ima while crunching on my ice cream cone.  By the time we got back, the ice cream cone was gone.  I fell asleep almost instantly once we got back.  It was a good night.  I slept until 9am, and so did my brother.  I went out into the living room, expecting my Abba to be there, but to my dismay, he was already at shul.  So I just lay on the couch, and then my brother came out.  He lay on the couch too.  Then our Ima woke up.  We had breakfast.  We didn't go out until we felt like we should go pick up our Abba from shul.  When we did, he said he was just about to leave.  Then we went to Uncle Yoni and Aunt Meesh's house for lunch.  Lunch there was good, again!  It was salmon, lasagna, noodles, Parmesan, and tomato soup.  Dessert was ice cream, but this time in dishes.  I had chocolate and cherry-chocolate-chip.  It was good.  That was the fun part of my Shabbat.

Signing off, 

Gavi

Gavriel in Israel

On Friday the 20th, we went swimming with our cousins Leora and Shalom.  My Abba came along too.  We stayed at the pool for four hours.  At the pool, to get used to the water, we went to the kiddie pool.  Then once we got used to the water, we went to the big pool and started playing a game we made up, called Shark.  The game has two humans and one shark.  The shark has to swim and try to catch the humans.  If the shark touches you, then you are "dead" for 10 seconds before you can go back into the game.  When almost all of our lips were blue, we went out of the pool to have snack.  The snack was apples, pretzels, oyster crackers, and soy-sauce crackers.  Then we went into the pool for round two.  Again we started off in the kiddie pool, and when we got used to the water we went into the big pool.  Abba did not go in, but all of us kids did.  This time, we convinced Leora to play shark, and she was the shark.  When she got you, she tickled you.  So I had a plan.  When Leora wasn't looking, I dove into the water and tickled her feet.  Every time I did it, she tickled me, but she never saw me coming, which was good.  When we had to get out of the pool, we had to dry off and get ready to go.  The good part about going was we got to have ice cream.  So while we waited to get picked up, we ate our ice cream.  My ice cream was a Magnum Chocolate, it is like a fudgesicle covered in chocolate.  When our ride was there, we all piled into the car and went home.

Signing off,

Gavi

The Plane Ride!!

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This post is all about me and my family going on a plane and coming to Israel.

We had to leave the house at 5:45am to get to the airport on time.  When we got to the airport we needed to check in. When we said we had 12 bags they were a little surprised and when they saw we were moving to Israel it made it more clear.

After we checked in all 12 bags we went and had some hot cocoa and after we finished drinking we went
through security. Now I'm going to fast forward to when we were on the plane.
On the plane we had a fun time.  On the plane I played my DS almost the whole time but then Ezra wanted to play on the DS.  So I got the iPad and he got the DS.  Then we had to trade because Ezra couldn't figure out how to play the game on the DS.  I read a little and played tons more.  When we got off the plane in Philly we had a 5 hour layover until our next flight.  We bought some snacks and ate lunch.  Then we walked around to see where our gate was and where we could eat dinner.  Then we heard on the speaker that there was a play area very close, so we went.  It wasn't that fun, so we walked back and had our dinner.  Our dinner was those ramen noodle soups.  Finally we went to our gate, and we went through security.  Then we waited until we had to get on to the plane.  When we got on the plane, the flight was 11 hours.  The good part was there was a screen in front of us, and we watched lots of things, movies and TV until we went to bed.  The dinner on the plane was not that good.  The next morning, we watched Alvin and the Chipmunks, Chipwrecked.  It is fun, but I wouldn't want to watch it again.  After we finished the movie, it was about time to get off the plane.

After we got off the plane, we went up the stairs and there was a guy holding a sign that said "New Olim" and our name was on the sign, so we waited with him.  We had to check in and then we went to an office.  We waited there for around 2 hours but there was a TV there that was showing a soccer game.  Ezra and I were so good that one of the ladies there gave us candy.  It was really good.  When we got out we got all our luggage and put it all on carts.  We pushed it out and then we saw somebody holding a sign.  It turned out to be Larry and Kate and their children.  It was a nice surprise.  Then we had to go outside to wait for our taxi.  It was a long wait.  When the taxi finally came we loaded all our stuff in, said good-bye to Larry and Kate, and got into the taxi.  Somebody came with us that was also a new oleh.  We dropped him off first.  Then we were dropped off. It felt good to be back home in Israel.

Signing off: Gavi

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I found this in my saved work and this is actually the last post before I go to Israel. 
You will want to hear this!

On Friday the 30th of June  I went to the zoo with my family and it was really fun.  Right when we got there we saw the two mountain goats and we walked through the black bears to get in to the main part of the zoo.  We saw all four black bears and one of them was on top of the cave. They are supposed to sleep in it not on top of it.  

Once we got in to the bigger part of the zoo we first went in to the cougars, but they were asleep.  Then we went to the Family farm and saw the pigs, cows, and goats. There was a zoo teen letting people pet a tortoise.  After that we went to Lorikeet Landing but I didn't go in because I wanted to look at the tigers.
Afterwards we went to Africa and saw all the giraffes, naked mole rats, and zebra.
After that we had a lunch of cream cheese bagels and a dessert of chocolate chip cookies.
After lunch we went to the primates and saw almost all of them, but the special part was we saw the ocelot and the tree shrew.  That made my day!

 

Signing off,

  Gavi             

Olympic National Park

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Last week I went to the Olympic National Park and here are some pictures of all of us around and in it too.  

Merrymere Falls




Olympic National Game Farm

Abba

All of us at the falls!

Cute little bears

    

                                                                       

Love That Llama

Awwww, The Sun

An Emu?

Awesome! A White Tiger!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Bull Elk, Scary

Another Bear!!

 

That was a fun trip.  My Next post will be from Israel. 

 

Gavi