Kids do grow up -- and another festival
In answer to your other questions and comments above, Asher, here's what our two kids looked like shortly after we returned to Israel (in 2000) with an infant and a 3-year old:
Now Luli, the older one, is doing her compulsory Army service. and recently finshed basic training, which culminates in a swearing-in ceremony. This involves some marching and for each new soldier, a bible and an M16. They are being gathered in the first picture:
DSCF0395off 1_censored (1) by
scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr
The IDF doesn't normally allow cameras anywhere, but of course every family brought a camera and two cellphones to this event, so I've followed newspaper practice and obscured the face of anyone in uniform.
And at the end of the ceremony, the picnic lunches come out and everyone gathers for a quick feast:
DSCF0467_censored by
scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr
The older picture was taken with a Nikon Coolpix 5000, actually my third or fourth digital camera. The most recent snaps are with a Fuji X-Pro2, using a 23mm (35mm-eff) f/1.4 lens.
scott