We knew from the start of planning this trip with five children (at the time, we were expecting to go when they were two years younger) that we would have to bake downtime into our agenda, or we would burn out completely within the first week. We decided that we would just have to plan to take some time to chill, nap, and not be on the run constantly. I’m so glad we decided that ahead of time, because I think we might have been disappointed with our need for rest.
Here in Eilat, we aren’t walking as many miles as in Jerusalem, but the sun and water sure saps your energy. Siestas and/or early evenings have been wonderful.
Hanging wet laundry on the balcony.Eating dishwasher pods. Eating on the balconySeeing what the big deal is about Kinder Eggs (banned in the US)It’s hard to imagine a kid accidentally ingesting one of these.A (non-edible) toy!Playing card games (Timeline), Hebs won once and I won once.Though Hebs was pretty ticked about one of his cards, and looked it up–according to the all-knowing Wikipedia, the electric razor wasn’t patented until 1930-something, but the card said 1911. Oh well!Eva and LaDonna chilling in their room, chatting.Em playing on the SwitchGee with their phone, Hebs pretending to sleep, and Yum writing in her journal.Zee with his phoneBradley is trying to keep one eye on his work emails–they are deploying something something new and he’s helping from afar.And me! It takes me almost two hours every day to write these posts and load all the pictures on the blog. I’m really glad I have such beautiful surroundings to work in.
