At Cousin Sauls Brit

Superboy

Pidyon Haben- Redemption of the 1st born son

the owl & the pusstcat took some honey and plenty of money

wrapped up in a 5 pound note

Great-grandpa Owen would have got more for Danny on Ebay

Sold to us for a bargain - only 5 silver shekels.

More from the Pidyon Haben

with Grandma Barbara
Eliyahu
With Noga
And with Eve & Ari

Mooby the cutie

Mommy wrote me a song...

Kitty says Meow Meow, Puppy goes Woof Woof

Birdy says Tweet Tweet, And Danny likes to Squeak.

Owl says Hoot Hoot, Ducky goes Quack Quack

Fishy goes (kissy noise x 2), And Danny likes to Squeak

Make me a squeaky kid, My boys he squeaky kid

Danny is the squeaky kid, 'Cause he goes squeak!

Cow says Moo Moo, Lamby goes Baa Baa

Snake says Ssss Ssss, And Danny likes to squeak.

I love the squeaky kid, Danny is the squeaky kid

Make me a squeaky kid, Danny goes squeak.

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Other verses include:

Doctor says Rose Rose, Daleks go Exterminate

Cybermen Delete Delete, but my boy likes to squeak.

&

Trucks go Vroom Vroom, Plane fly Woosh Woosh

Cars honk Beep Beep, And Danny likes to squeak.

lil' bear with a big heart

with Uncle Josh
and with cousins Benjy and Sam

Sweetpea

giving Rosalind all my attention

bundled up
fed, watered, changed and slept
sometimes I'm a squirmy wormy
but always good for greatgrandma and grandpa

Avidan Bensi Moont- Brit Milah & Naming

with Aviva & Milly

After months of calling Chaya’s belly ‘Thumper’ because of his activity we have decided to name our son Avidan Bensi Moont.

Avidan, meaning ‘My Father is Just’, was chosen for several reasons. Firstly, we wanted a name that reflected the name of Chayas' father – Avner. Chaya, did not know him but she wanted to dedicate a name to his memory. When we first knew the due date of our child, we looked at the sedra & found an ideal name – Avidan ben Gidoni – almost Gidons name and sharing the same first syllable as Avner. Being named on Fathers day, Avidan is also a tribute to Alex, Chaya's stepfather who recently passed away. Since he was born on Chaya’s sister Natalie’s birthday & because she liked the name Danny, Avidans nickname is now Danny. Other aliases include Danny-doodle, Squeaky the Kid & Squeak.

Danny’s second name, Bensi – is a shortened form of the name of Chaya’s grandfather – her mother Susan’s father. He was called Ben-Zion when he lived in Israel, went by Bandi in Czechoslovakia and Ben when he lived in the US. This also nicely links in with Avidan, as he was the prince of the tribe of Benjamin. Chaya believes if he is half like his great-grandfather he will not fall short. He was honest, upright and devout. His name will help us remember his life too.