Julia's Opera Club Performance: Modi'in

Julia played Devorah in this musical about the Maccabees. She had a pretty large part and she was wonderful! She practiced speaking clearly and loudly and took great care to memorize all her lines and songs. Brenda Alpar, the music teacher, wrote all the songs and lines in the show. I was so impressed.

Here are the words to the song in case you can't make them out from the video:
Come along join in rejoicing up to Jerusalem
We set her free
Sing a song and lift your voices
Cheer in Jerusalem
The Maccabee!
Up and down as we go climbing ever still through the olive groves that turn to silver in the sun
Hear the sound that echoes back and forth across the hills telling all the world that we have won
Yad b'yad, kulanu yachad shiru b'kol echad ANACHNU PO!
shir echad b'kol bokey'a tzion v'yerushalayim he ear echat
(hand in hand, we're all together, singing in one voice, WE ARE HERE!
One song, the voice describing Zion and Jerusalem, she's the city)

Marigold's Third Birthday Party

This party was such fun! Marigold felt like a true princess. When she first saw the cake that I made with my mom she said "Pink! Just perfect for me!". All of her friends from school and playgroup came to celebrate. We decorated treasure boxes and then we had a 'scavenger hunt' in the living room. I arranged this game specifically for 3 year olds--I just placed hanukah gelt and rolls of smarties on shelves and other surfaces and told the kids to find them and put them in their new treasure boxes. It was frustrating for the non-3-year olds to watch this because we wanted the kids to hoarde the candy...but they only took as much as they felt like at the moment. Some kids left with 3 or 4 pieces. It was a very innocent scene.
The cake was pretty special this year. We made it from scratch with a gourmet pound cake recipe. Then we made a sugar icing out of 9 parts confectioners sugar, 1 part egg white, and a couple of drops of glycerin. The doll inside is Gabriella, from the High School Musical series. Libi let Marigold borrow it for the party. My mom helped me with the icing and the design. She also styled Gabriella's hair.
The best part is that Marigold really appreciated it. She is a doll.

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