Mostly because my little sister is what you might call recalcitrant, I've been responsible for chanting the Four Questions in Hebrew at our family seders for... let's see... I guess that'd be something like 35 years now.

Tonight, Mina and I sang them together for the very first time.

I am verklempt...

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Fantastic weekend, which I will detail at some future point so as not to forget about it, but... mostly tired right now. Oy, so very tired. The sprout has taken to waking up and calling for us several times a night for a variety of reasons; last night she was up at 2am because she was scared, 5 because she was hungry, and at 6 she came in our room ( Read more... )

Some of us are asserting our opinions and independence rather strongly these days...

M, in the midst of wrestling with mrgrumpybear and suba_al_hadid: "I'm not your pillow, you know ( Read more... )

"I'm really strong and I know lots of cool moves... but still I'm not a Kung Fu master!"

"The Pharoah was really mean and made all the Jews work really hard building towers out of chopped nuts and apples."
Me: "BWAHAHAh-- er, *ahem*, babe, you know the haroset is metaphorical? That means it's supposed to remind us of the building materials, not that ( Read more... )

Recent amusements ( Read more... )

Sprout: "Tickle me, Mama!"

[I obey, especially the feet, leading to absolute hysterics of laughter]

Sprout: "Not my feet! Not my feet! I'm allergic!"

Also, in case anyone was wondering, we've now watched "Scooby Doo Meets Batman & Robin" approximately ten times over the last two days. My poor brain...

I've been so bad about keeping track of the funny things the mini-monkey says lately -- I always think I'll remember, and then I never do! She's very feisty now; we're getting more backtalk at this point than we were during the allegedly terrible twos, although she's still really a sweetheart overall. Just a tad stubborn ( Read more... )

The L.C. getting the big new playhouse assembled in the backyard yesterday afternoon -- excellent ( Read more... )

... I think I might have to change my "baby" icon now? The sprout is a big girl! She had a non-stop blowout celebration weekend, starting on Friday when my parents took her to Ruby's (a 50s-ish themed diner) for lunch -- the waitstaff sang to her and gave her an ice cream cone. Saturday was our It Takes My Child to Raze a Village event, which was a ( Read more... )

Stuff the sprout says ( Read more... )