The Library is SO Much Fun!

There is so much to do at the library!

You can choose any book you want to read.

And read all the books you want.



You can play with a toy squirrel.


And you can just have a great time with your brother!


You can ride on the elevator... it's not that scary when your brother holds your hand...


And best of all, you can press the CALL button on the elevator!
(Click to see- he really pressed it! I didn't realize until the deed was done because I was behind the camera. Don't know if anyone answered, we got out of there FAST!)

You can also have a false dirty diaper alert, forcing Mama to drag wipes and an extra diaper, the carriage and the kid to the bathroom, to struggle with pants and snaps and who knows what else only to discover the diaper was clean. Your Mama will then use the only extra diaper to change you since she got that far already.

At the library, you can also have a REAL dirty diaper alert, forcing Mama to drag wipes, the carriage and the kid to the bathroom, to struggle with pants and snaps and who knows what else, take care of the task, realizing that that was the only extra diaper we had that just landed in the garbage can.

But, I don't think you want pictures of that.

IS!

Sometimes Zusha does something funny and asks me to look. He would either cross his eyes, or close one eye and keep the other one open... subtle things that Gedalya doesn't realize.
So Gedalya, wanting to be like his big brother, also asks me to look at him and just stands there smiling. :)
Sometimes Zusha points out something interesting in the street, which Gedalya doesn't notice. But he still wants to belong, so he will pretend to notice.
Which brings us to Gedalya's most valuable new word: is, or rather eet.

One time Zusha saw a pedestrian crossing light which had "WALK" and "DON'T WALK" on at the same time. He said, "Look, Mama, it's both! It's funny!"
Then the walk signal went off, leaving only the don't walk.
Zusha said, "Oh, now it's not funny."
Gedalya, not following any of this, was not to be left out.
"EET pani," he said.
"No, it's not funny," Zusha answered.
"EET!"
"No!"
"EET!!!"


Another time the boys were looking out the window at twilight.
"Koonkoon (dark)," Gedalya said.
"No, it's ALMOST toonkel, " answered Zusha.
"Eet koonkoon."
"No!"
"EEEET!"
........

What is This?

Zusha made this for me... it's just what I always wanted!
This is...










You have three guesses.




1






Nope...






2






Try again...






3






OK, that was your last guess...






This is






a






sewing machine!

What Do All These Videos Have in Common?

LOL!

Too true, too true...

The Story of the Little Brother

We only had one real snow day so far, but the snow lingered on the curbs long enough for the boys to have some fun.

"Ooooh, look at this chunk of ice that I found!"

"Here, Gedalya, I give you the privilege of holding it for 3 seconds."


"Look, Mama! LOOK!!! Look, I gave Gedalya the chunk of ice! Look hard, and remember this act of kindness. (Especially when I start beating my brother up as soon as we get home...)"


"I can't believe my luck. And I didn't even have to throw a tantrum."


"OK, your three seconds are up!"


"And that, everybody, is the story of the Little Brother."

Interior Redesign

In Zusha's room there is a series of framed photos and Zusha's artwork hanging between the windows. One masterpiece is a sand art picture of the Alef Beis. Gedalya's current passion is reading the letters, so he just climbed onto the bedside table to take the frames down. No problem.

Mama, what were you thinking when you hung up these pictures like this? This is totally out of style.

And these two, also. No, no, no. You got it all wrong. Let me do you a favor and set this up properly. Zusha, hold this one for me...


There. I'm done. Much better. But I think I'll keep this one for myself, as a token of your appreciation for my hard work and interior design expertise.

Never a dull moment...