What is This Kid Thinking??

Adel tried to sit up in the carseat! She was on the floor, not strapped in, and I see her lifting her head, shoulders, down to mid-back and holding that position for 5 seconds before falling back. :O
She kept doing it over and over.
Notice her lifting her head in this photo... and the look of concentration!


As Zusha put it, "Adel! What are you doing? You're only a very small baby, you can't sit!" LOL
I feel like any semblance of "newborn" is gone.
:( and :)

Doodle Boys and Their Sister

Purim prep is underway! First I thought of a way to use the celery costumes again. I figured Gedalya could wear the full celery costume, Adel could wear the leafy hat with an orange bunting for a carrot, and I'd make some other vegetable for Zusha to co-ordinate.

But then it would be a lot of work, so for that same effort, I might as well make totally new costumes. I thought of crayons, since that's something they can wear over their coats. Although it's not too original, it's still cute.

But then someone suggested that I can make the boys into crayons, and Adel can be the paper they scribbled on! Now THAT is cute!

Zusha chose (surprise, surprise!) yellow, and Gedalya chose purple.
This is the fleece fabric I'm ordering to make tunics. Then I'll make all kinds of other details.


For Adel, I will take a pillowcase and have the kids unleash their artistic capabilities. :) Then I'll fashion it into a tunic that will go over her snowsuit.
I'm so excited. :)

Oh, Boy, Sneaky Boy

One day this week Gedalya decided he wanted cookies. He asked me, but I didn't want to give him because I asked the kids to put away their toys many times but they ignored me. I told him to go clean up and then he'll get them.

He went off, and I continued to nurse Adel. Then I hear, "Please give me cookie."
Gedalya was asking the cleaning lady for help! She told him to ask his Mommy.
"Over there, a cookie!"
"Ask your Mommy."
"Open this, here."
I guess the cleaning lady agreed, because then Gedalya said, "Higher... higher..."
Until she got down the bag of cookies! She brought them over to me, laughing, and asked if she can give him. I said no.
(I got them to clean up, and for each toy they put away I put one of the mini cookies in a cup, which they ate in the end. :))

But oh, that was so hilarious!

3 Months Old ALREADY?

The mind boggles.
Well, in any case, here are some favorites of Birdie at her 1/4 birthday celebration. :)

Cleaning Lady News!

I got a new cleaning lady, B"H a million times over! She speaks a better English, which is helpful, and she doesn't do a 100% thorough deep clean each time. Which I'm OK with. I like it better that way, because I don't need her to move away all the boxes and whatever else in the kitchen each time the floor is washed, and I don't need every basin and bucket and washing cup scrubbed with each bathroom cleaning. It saves time, and when I want a deep-clean, I can call my regular lady, when she gets back from Mexico. :)
And the best part... this new one doesn't require a minimum of 5 hours. So I can take her 2 weeks on, 1 week off instead of 1 week on, 2 weeks off like with the old one. I also don't have to pay her transportation (insert eye-roll @@) So that saves $4 off the bat. I will take her for 3 hours, which will cost $30, instead of the $54 I used to pay for 5 hours. YEAH.

Oh, and I am sick. :( Again. Yesterday I was so dizzy, I felt like I was in a moving car. I actually threw up from the sensation of motion. Today my throat is sore. I hope to get it checked out tomorrow, and not go into Shabbos like that. Because if it's strep, I do NOT want to leave it till I can't swallow from the swelling.

Airplane vs. Helicopter

Zusha: Adel, do you like helicopter or airplane?
Adel: [silence]
Zusha: Adel, airplane says, "Eeeee" and helicopter says, "Gchgchgchgch."
Adel: [grunts]
Zusha: Oh! You like helicopter better?

Clever!

What would you do with a roll of easel paper? Would you use it on the easel to draw on it? Boooring!
A more clever idea:
Line a bed with it and play doctor :D





And tonight the boys went to sleep in my room because they were running away from "Shlechte (bad) Tookh Tookh." Ahm.
Zusha took over Hillel's bed while Gedalya nestled in Adel's crib.


I hope this Tookh Tookh business won't blow itself up into Lior proportions. Oy, I don't even want to think in that direction! Actually, Gedalya is the SAME EXACT AGE now as Zusha was when he had Lior issues.