We're back in Berkeley and back from camping and Eel River. This is the second week of school. Both kids have started Jiu Jitsu classes and they like that a lot.
Aviva:
- She talks a lot in her sleep. Last night she said, "Actually, the bike is downstairs on the couch." (I like that she uses the word "actually,") And as she was going to sleep, she was quiet for a long time so we thought she was indeed asleep. But she said, "Do you know that 4 and 5 together makes 9?"
- She's in a new class at school and she has to sign her name when she arrives. She can write many letters and she recognizes many letters. Noah is very eager to teach her more.
- She had fruit salad in her lunch last week, and she brought the container back with the mango still in it. She loves mango so I asked her why she didn't eat it, and she said she knows Noah loves mango so she saved it to give to him.
- She's counting a lot of things, like how many steps there are to go upstairs, and how many people in the living room, and many other things. She seems to be most interested in counting when it's more than 10 and less than 20.
- She's constantly a baby, and she says "goo goo gah gah." Don't know why. It's sort of somewhat annoying, but she loves it and tells us what to say: "Say 'it's okay, baby.' "
- Whenever there's a decision to be made (particularly a minor and not important one) she does eenie meenie to decide. Should I wear this shirt or that shirt? Do you want the light on or off? Should I sit in this chair or that chair? Eenie meenie miney mo makes the decision. Many times a day.
- When we hear music, whether it's in the car or anywhere, she asks if people are dancing. Upbeat and fun music means that yes, people are dancing. That makes sense, I guess.
- I was having a conversation with Noah about Trump, (which I will write shortly) and she wanted to know: Does Trump make a mean face or a nice face? The answer was clearly"a mean face," but I think her question was about whether he's a good or bad person, or a person we like or don't like.
- When we were camping, she and Noah were standing at the campfire, looking at it. They stood side by side and she was holding his hand. She let go of his hand and put her arm around his shoulder and said, "You're my friend, Noah."
- I was watching her in the bath or somewhere, and I told her, "Aviva, when I see you play, my heart goes 'thump thump thump!' She said, "You're listening to your body! And sometimes your body tells you that you need to pee."
Noah:
- He seems to be doing alright at school. No friends yet, but he said that there are two older girls who he likes. He doesn't know their names, but he had a good conversation with them once. Mostly the other kids want to play things that he doesn't, like tag. Hopefully he'll develop some friendships soon....
- He's really interested in teaching Aviva things, like how to write letters. He wants her to recognize them and know their sounds. Hopefully this will be a motivator for him. He's reading 3-letter words pretty well and he knows a lot of sight words. Josh or I will read with him every night
- He and Aviva are playing together all the time and it's mostly a nice thing. But they also fight a lot and this is usually how their fights go: They laugh, they share, she pokes him gently, he pokes her back hard and loudly whines, "She hit me!" I am constantly telling him to talk to her/tell her he doesn't like it/tell her stop BEFORE coming to me with the tattle. Yesterday he got annoyed with me and said, "You always say that! That's why I like Daddy better than you!" That's fine; he can like Daddy more. But I'm trying to change this habit and not succeeding. Anyone reading this who has any suggestions: please share with me.
- He's been bringing up the subject of God lately, in different contexts. He doesn't believe in God, and he thinks it's kind of ridiculous how people attribute lucky things to God. Yesterday, he said if someone puts their hand in a bag of cookies and pulls out the biggest one, they might say that it's because of God. But that's not right; it just happened like that. I want to explore this topic more with him....
- He thinks that Trump is terrible and doesn't care about his children's children's children. He thinks maybe people voted for him because "Trump" is a fun word to say.
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