Yom HaAtzmaut in Gan Sacchar

Elisheva, Ezra, Elazar and Abba met up with Zeidy and Aunt Rochelle in Gan Sachar for a Yom HaAtzmaut Picnic. It's a national holiday, the equivalent of July 4th in the States.

The public parks are packed with families from all over the Yerushalayim area who come to picnic, barbecue, etc. Vendors come from all over to sell everything from silly string, to noisemakers, to 'giant blowup Israeli Flag hammers'. Ima and Noam decided to sit this one out, but we managed to have fun without them.

Aside from the picnic that Aunt Rochelle prepared, Abba, Elisheva and Abba kicked around the soccer ball.

Even Elazar found what to do to entertain himself

Zeidy, Aunt Rochelle and Elisheva took strolls around the park down the shady trails and we were all treated to ice cream and cotton candy by Zeidy.

Before we went home we visited Farfar, whose apartment happens to be across the street from the park, with a nice view of the Park and the Yerushalayim skyline.