meow

I have two children, one is a boy and one is a kitty cat. The kit cat will say meow and purr when prompted. But she does not purr. If you ask her to purr she says "purr" in her cute little high pitched voice. 

adulthood

Noah was asking about when people become adults. He guessed at seven.

poop!

In the toilet. By Aviva. Ice-cream to celebrate. 

She is mostly pee-trained as well. 

More pirates

When pirates sing, they sing in their own language called Pirate. 

How hot is radiator?

N: How hot is a radiator?

J: Very hot?

N: How hot?

J: I don't know, very hot.

N: Would we get dead if we touched it?

J: No?

N: Would we get burned?

J: Yes

N: So how hot is it?

J: I don't know how to explain it.

N: You could say something like 100% and I would understand.

J: 70%

N: Wow, that's hot!

pirates

What Noah knows about pirates. 

1) They sing most of the time, but not all the time

2) They don't brush their teeth or go to dentists

3) They find treasure and steal it

4) They sail on fast ships

again and again and again

Aviva does a lot of repeating. 

I'm wearing a bandaid on my thumb because I cut my finger yesterday. Why am I wearing a bandaid? It's going to get better soon. What do I have on my hand? Why is there a bandaid? I have a bandaid on my hand. 

Her classroom (at the JCC) is called Gefen. What is it called? Gefen. Her classroom at school is called Gefen. That's what it's called. It's called Gefen. One teacher is Katrina. Katrina's her teacher. Katrina is the teacher in Gefen. Her classroom is called Gefen.

Daddy has a penis. Aviva doesn't have a penis. Mommy doesn't have a penis. Noah does have a penis. Eliza doesn't have a penis. Daddy has a penis.. Dorian has a penis. Nana doesn't have a penis. Papa does have a penis. 

Multiply all of these comments times 100. 

notes

• Noah's been having a correspondence with Declan, age 3, who lives downstairs. He's given him letters (writing that he's done) and flowers in envelopes. We've gotten a couple notes back. Noah puts them in their mail slot. Yesterday he said he put their envelope in the mail slot in a special way so it would stay open a little and give them a nice breeze. The notes are for all of them but mostly Declan and his mom, Abby.  
• Aviva is learning things. She can say the whole alphabet and some Hebrew Shabbat prayers. She knows parts of her leg, from her thigh to her ankle (knee, calf)
• Noah said that his old babysitter is a toddler. I asked if he meant teenager and he insisted that she's a toddler. He thinks I'm just confused. She's a toddler.
• Aviva loves her pumpkin hat and wants to wear it always, even in bed. 
• I was reading a book (about Ruth Bader Ginsberg, and we wrote her a letter also!) to Noah and it's a book he's read a bunch of times. I read on one page about meeting her husband: "Marty was tall and funny. Ruth was small and serious." I absentmindedly said "curious," instead of "serious." Noah corrected me. He's done this before, with random (and somewhat minor) words. Maybe he has parts of the books memorized. In any case, he's on it
• Aviva still likes to hide her eyes and say "where's Weeba?" It hasn't gotten old yet, and it's been a year or more.
• Noah has been stopping people on the sidewalk, and asking them if they'd like a flower. He also picks leaves and other pretty things, just to give to people. Today it was a man at the library along with two passersby. He likes to give things. He also said he wants to give something to his teacher, Gladys, who he really really likes. I suggested making her a card or a picture, and he said he'd prefer to give her some of his toys. Then she can play with the toys or let other kids play with them.

Mean Noah

Noah wanted me to choose if I got a pinch or in jail for ever. He would not accept, "no choice." He was also clear that if I chose pinch he would pinch me. He cried and cried and cried when I would not let him pinch me. He couldn't offer any reason I needed a bad thing to happen to me, but he mentioned that I had not let him use the vacuum as long as he wanted. 

How did it start?

Noah really wants to know how the first thing on earth started. He has
asked this many times and whatever the answer he wants to know more.

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