We're going to the zoo...

This last weekend we visited the zoo at Kfar HaNo'ar Ben Shemen, the Ben Shemen Youth Village, very near to where we live. It was a small and simple place, but the kids had a good time holding the guinea pigs and ducks, and then jumping on the bouncy castle. A fun few hours was had by all. The youth village was quiet and we saw very few people around, but with some later online reading, I discovered a little more about the place, including the fact that the school has some notable graduates, including Israel's current President, Shimon Peres.After we returned home I decided to make some Kellogg's Coco Pops Moons and Stars Oaty Cookies. On a recent trip to the supermarket, I promised the boys that if they behaved well and didn't make too much noise, they could choose which cereal we were taking home that day. Thus we ended up with two boxes of sweet chocolaty cereal, a far cry from my usual purchases. On the back of the Moons and Stars cereal box was a nice kid-friendly recipe for the above cookies. They were very easy to make and actually not as sweet as one would expect, considering the cereal that goes into them. They were a little chewy, yummy... and have almost all been eaten!

And, just to prove that in between all the summer holiday activities there is still a little crafting going on over here, a friend asked me to create the above card for her Mum's birthday. I illustrated Grandma and her four grandchildren, whom I have made birthday cards for several times before, here and here. Apparently Grandma "was crazy over the card and totally adored it!".