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.