little munchkins

Menachem is all smiles all day now. He is fun to hold 'cuz he keeps trying to catch your eye and "talk" to you. I'm not sure who likes the mobile in his crib better, Menachem or Motty and Miri since they use a remote to turn it on and off. They also love adjusting the volume... Menachem must be thinking these kids are really big pests!
On erev Shabbos Chaim bought some beer. He was telling me that he left his beer in the car, a confused Miri looked at him like he was losing it "uh uh it's on your face!"
When it was time to get dressed she wanted to wear her new shabbos shoes that she seems to think are her high heels...I wish I knew where she came from she is such a clown!
Motty is preparing for Hoshanah Raabah, taking the baby's blankets and swatting the floor. good thing he isn't building an indoor sukah and expecting us to sit in it.

School days

School is in full swing B"H! Miri is sooo happy at school she talks about her friends and Morahs all day. She came home the first day knowing one girl's name and she decided it's her best friend cuz she remembered her name! On Friday in the weekly newsletter there was a page with a picture of each child and their names under them. By the time shabbos was over she had a new best friend, she chose another girl who's name was familiar by then! (she made us read her the list of names and show her who they were at least a dozen times!) Miri also has a play makeup set that is now officially part of her morning routine she needs five minute to apply her "makeup" another thing she likes is choosing a hairstyle for the day, her favorite one is; two challos in her hair (that would be braids in English).
MOtty is now learning the Nikudos. He walks around all the time now requesting things in the following manner; "Pasach mem, do you know where my Kumatz Shin is?" it can get pretty hilarious sometimes when he gets carried away.
We had a couple of errands to do one afternoon the last stop was supposed to be Dagan pizza shop, or as Motty thinks it's called "Balagan pizza shop". That did not sit well with Mordechai, if he had his way he would have gone to eat first and then done the other things if he was still in the mood. He decided on the way that he is STARVING and must eat now!! I explained that we had to pass a couple of places on the way and they were quick stops and then we would get his pizza. Then he dropped a line that had me laughing so hard. "Food is my gas, and I am running low on fuel!" You gotta love him!!

NEW SCHOOL YEAR

"We sure love our adorable baby Menachem!" Just ask the official face pockers, waker uppers and any other made up words for gentle torturing that this poor child's got to endure at the hands of his loving sibs. They are not waking him up just checking if he is in the mood of smiling to them and he "magically" is awake! Boruch Hashem he is very loved by his brother and sister. He is at this yummy stage where you can just hold 'em for hours.
Motty started learning by an aleph beis rebbe this year!!! He is HUGE! On Thursday he was thrilled to learn that his rebbe was going to give each child his very own sefer the next day. We asked if he knew which sefer it will be... he wasn't sure but maybe a P'nei Menachem.
Miri is starting school this week we can't wait to let you know how it is... she is thrilled to start, she walks around for a good part of the day with her backpack on and shows it to anyone who comes for a visit. SHE IS SOOOOO EXCITED!!!!!

New Photos

We'd like to welcome our newest eddition; Menachem. Check out the adorable photos of our family, taken by their Zeidy.

We are back

Hi there we are back by popular demand!! We sincerely apologize the the huge gap between the last post and this one!!!
So much has happened in the past couple of months that it's difficult to catch up...but we'll try.
Our playgroup for Miri has come and gone, it was a great success she had a fantastic year boruch hashem. She went to a real playgroup this summer, Morah Chaya's playgroup. Miri had a ball there, she couldn't wait to go to a real school on a real school bus... Her morah there has an english accent and Miri loved to repeat things she heard her say for example miri's favorite thing for lunch was "mashed POTATOES" all in all she loved camp this year Boruch hashem.
Motty enjoyed day camp as well. He is very into roads and highways. His morah told me that on a class trip and the whole way there and back he couldn’t stop giving directions and predicting the next bridge, tunnel or exit they would be taking next.

what else are they for?

What comes to mind when you think of the uses for boots? I would venture to guess you might have thought of snow or rain maybe cold etc. but then again you must not be four years old. Motty saw me washing the floor on Friday. As a rule they don't come into the room, not because it will get dirty, but they were effectively convinced they can fall when it's wet! Our son was one step ahead of us on this one now he thought a most genius way not to fall weren't boots created for just such a scenario, the wet weather? next thing I know he is marching around the dining room table on the freshly washed floor with his filthy boots! I thought "he is lucky he is cute"
The next activity on the list for Friday afternoon involved him getting as much help as he can to clean the toys in his room up, since he was asked, and doing it alone was not enticing. Our commander in chief comes marching up the stairs with a whistle hanging from his neck looking very stern. He then proceeded to blow his whistle three times to get attention. "attention Miri, attention Miri, we will now be putting away our toys please come to the room and help now!!" another three blasts were sounded and he took her arm and they went to go clean up!

breakfast anyone?

This morning I came into the kitchen to find two children happily eating a self served breakfast. there was a container of cake (about four slices I would guess) and a knife. Each child had a piece about the size of two slices of cake, they were munching for all they were worth. I asked who gave you such a delicious breakfast? "We did!" well poor Motty and Miri had a witchy mommy who took it all away, but it was pretty funny!

chazak!

Motty has been eagerly anticipating the completion of sefer Beraishis for a two weeks. He was taught that in shul we say "Chazak, Chazak..." and he could not wait to go to shul to hear it. The problem with that is the leining is shabbos morning a time when he NEVER gets to go to shul. It's too long for him to sit in shul for so many hours, there is not the tehillim group like in the afternoon and he does not belong there. He wanted very much to go to hear the ceremony (that takes about three seconds, he'd most likely miss it) we told him it's too early to get up etc. Motty really wanted to go so he told Chaim S. don't close my door so I can hear when you get up. after five minutes his idea changed "Totty can I please sleep in your bed tonight so I will know when you wake up?" He started off there and was moved later at night but guess who was up the first, and who was almost all dressed when his totty got up? The poor kid was in tears when he was told he can't go regardless.

Pony tales

The logic of a two year old is sometimes tough to understand. You have to ask for a repeat performance because you are sure you heard wrong. This morning I was doing Miri's hair. As per her request we were trying to put together a "bigga" ponytail, but she was not sitting still for a second. After three minutes of exaperation, feeling like I must have started again 100 times, I told her she had better stop moving or I would finish tommrow! She answered "I know it keeps moving me!" confused I asked what keeps moving her? she pointed at her head and said "this, it just keeps moving me!" all I could do was let go of the would have been ponytail and hug her tight.