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i have started planning noah’s birthday which is in a little more than a month. believe me, it’s not too soon.

every year we just hang at the park and have a great time. but i can’t rely on things to just flow anymore. he’s going to be 5 now. he’s seen a birthday or two in his life. i need a plan!

a good step towards a plan was to choose a theme. i’ve decide on “the final frontier” (thanks for the suggestions, friends). it’s either that or the human body. but the space thing seems easier and is very nice. i’ve found some good suggestion in family fun.

i need to come up with activities, make a guest list, buy materials and goodies, design a cake, prepare invitations etc…

here’s the cake i made last year:

i think it’s not bad. i go for simple and cute.

We had so much fun over the weekend. We stayed at Tzuba Kibbutz Hotel, which was very pleasant and because of that, we got a free pass to the hotel amusement park called Kiftzuba (which translates to something like “jump in”).

On our way to the park we stopped to look at the big carts outside the apple packing factory. A nice man approached us and asked Noah if he would like a tour. Of course we said yes! The tour was very interesting and at the end we each got a tasty organic apple.

We had the whole park to ourselves because it rained the day before. There were almost no people there excepet for another family with a girl Noah’s age. They immidiately became friends and we spent the next hours with them.

We tried everything! To name some: Bumping cars, bumping boats, huge inflatable structures and sponge ball cannons.

It was so much fun that we decided to visit again the next day. Noah was very happy to meet his new friend Saturday morning and again, they spent a few hours together, mostly in the petting corner.

It started to rain, so we went inside and built with wooden blocks.

That’s enough for now. I’m too tired to go on.

For more pictures, visit my Flickr photo stream. I’ll probably upgrade soon and then I can put the pictures in a set.