Twenty Five

Our eldest son turned twenty five a couple of weeks ago and Mister Handmade in Israel spent the entire day saying "I can't believe he's 25!". We couldn't celebrate with Nadav on his actual birthday, but a few days later we drove down to Be'er Sheva, where he and his girlfriend Hila live, and took them out for a birthday dinner. His card was therefore a couple of days late, but was well received nonetheless.

In July Nadav and Hila adopted a rescue pup, who they have called Toro. It was obvious to me that Toro had to be on Nadav's card this year. He is still very much a puppy and requires a lot of attention, but fortunately he gets attention and lots of love in bucketloads! We looked after Toro for a few weeks back in the summer, when Nadav and Hila were travelling, and let's just say it was, erm, hard work! He is adorable though and he has gone to the perfect home.

I showed Nadav and Toro together on the card. Nadav is wearing his uniform beige T-shirt and jeans. Unlike his mum who loves colour, he favours more boring muted tones, and funnily enough was wearing beige on the day we met (see the second photo down).

Nadav and Hila also just bought their first car, a white Kia Seltos. I carefully created a paper version of their new car, even down to the registration plate, though obviously I am not showing you that here.

I added the red Arsenal crest below the car. As I have mentioned many times before, Nadav is obsessed with the Premier League football club and their crest just had to appear on his card, as it has done nearly every year since he was very young. Finally, I added a big red number 25 to mark his age.

I made him a birthday cake as well, although he only got to enjoy it a few days after his actual birthday - and after we'd already been out for a delicious meal! We were all pretty full, but we showed willing and had a slice of cake anyway 🤣. Nadav and Hila finished off the rest over the next few days, and he told me it was really good!

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