who's the boss around here anyway??

First I need to have a round of applause for posting twice in one day!!! Now we may begin!

Miri seems to have her own dictionary. She was crying yesterday in the backyard when she fell down. I went to pick her up and I asked what happened? she told me she got a scream, and showed me her scraped knee. I guess they both do start with an "S".
Miri loved to play with her "cut" can anyone guess what she is referring to? a knife of course! That's the game I felt she was playing with me, when she asked for a toy cut for her play-dough. She is my big mitzvah girl who always empties my purse (without permission) looking for spare change to put into the "kushka" or pushka.
This story though was the highlight of the week: There was a candy out of her reach. I saw her try to get it, and told her that it was not for now please leave it alone. She went away. I felt great thinking, "wow she is listening on the first try, even if a candy is involved! cool!" Well she came back lugging the step stool (there goes my proud moment) and I said "no, Miri" She ignored me and started climbing up. I asked her "what did mommy say?" she looked at me squarely trying to convince even herself it sounded good "Mommy CAN'T SAY!!"

must we set them straight? it's funnier this way!

Motty is for the books, seriously, I don't know where he comes from! There is something that he wanted that they sell in Eretz Yisroel. We told him maybe we can try to get it for him... he asked "why can't we go today and pick it up?" so we explained that you need to plan ahead and buy a ticket etc. His face lit up and he went running to his room looking for something, "look totty now we can go! I have tickets from my morah!" he was holding up some red ticket that you get at carnivals!

the other day, we were discussing which animals are kosher and which are not. Motty asked about a bunny rabbit. I told him I didn't think it was kosher. Today he came into the kitchen and was saying "oh a bunny! it is!" now I was a drop confused where this came from but never question a three year old. Then he went over to the counter and grabbed a package of hot dog buns and told me "look it's kosher. Buns are made from bunnies!"

Miss Deliciouso blocks

Lipa Schmeltzer is releasing a new CD sometime next week. Chaim mentioned something and about it and Motty got all excited and asked "our Lipa?"

I went to see why the kids room was so quiet yesterday. I went in and saw Motty playing with the edge of his blanket and with a pacifier in his mouth. I asked "what are you doing?" He answered I am just recharging for a minute.

Miss Deliciouso, as Miri likes to be called these days, thinks she is a lot bigger than she actually is. She was taking a walk the other day and saw a couple walking towards her. Most of us would be gracious and step aside and make room for them to pass us by, but not her! She took her little tiny feet and spread them apart to make a tunnel and she looked up at them and said "I block!" and boy was she proud of herself when they started laughing, she thought she was funny too.
Miri had a dirty diaper and was in the middle of getting changed when she looked down to see what wa taking so long...she noticed a cool thing "look I have chocolate in my diaper!"
Miri has a new best friend. Her name is Shana. she is our backyard neighbor (our backyards are back to back) Miri talks about her all day and keeps running to the window to check if she got up from her nap first and came out to play yet.it's pretty funny. I heard her talking about Shana today, to her teddy bear in her crib. She is so happy to have more children her age to play with.

We are all awaiting Shavuos eagerly, but no one is as excited as our Motty. This is why; Motty is waiting to go to Har Sinai and receive the torah, to see the beautiful flowers on her, to see lightening and hear the thunder and most of all to hear the Aseres Hadibros and see the Luchos (which he thinks is yellow for some reason, maybe his morah used yellow oak tag???) Chaim asked Motty if he is going to come tho shteibel on yom tov, and Motty wanted to know if he will see Har Sinai there, "is it also coming to shteibel"?

Miri is a big girl now (at least she thinks so) we are trying to introduce the concept of toilet training. we made a trip to the store to choose a potty and chocolate chips for when she goes. She thought that part was fun. even the first couple times was fun, when she got to choose which color chocolate chips (major decision!) then the third day she had enough and said "Mommy take the potty home!" I told it is home already. she thought for a second and said " so put it in the fridge"