Two Wheelin'!

Asher has been asking and asking Papi to take his training wheels off.  Finally today he took them off.  In just enough time for me to do the Thanksgiving cleanup this is what he accomplished!

Elie making hamotzi

 

This is Elie reciting the beracha for hamotzi (blessing for bread).  

Below it is written in Hebrew, the transliteration version as well as translated into English.

Asher and Elie speak

"Max is a good dog, and Julio is a cat."  Elie -September 2012

At our friends house for lunch last week one of the other guests (possibly in his sixties) asks Elie how old he is.  Elie says, "2 1/2, how old are you?" November 2012

Asher is such a mensch always helping me vacuum.  He was testing out all of the different hose attachments and says, "This one really sucks well!" October 2012

Asher's Left

Asher traced his left hand and spelled "LEFT"

Elie's getup

If Elie had it his way, this is how he would dress for school. He loves this beanie and never takes it off. He's really into shoes... any shoes from his rain boots to these Uggs or other people's. But he's not really into pants.

Morning conversations

This morning while taking the boys to school, there was an interview on the radio with an author of parenting books.  She was explaining that a big problem with parents these days is that they are afraid to let their kids fail.

 Asher says, "What?!  That lady isn't nice to  say she wants kids to fail!"
I say, "I know that doesn't sound very good but let me explain... remember when you got your new scooter and didn't know how to ride it and you kept falling off it?!  Well, we could have just held on to you and the scooter so you wouldn't fall and hurt yourself... however, you would never learn to ride your scooter by yourself!  We had to let you fall, skin your elbows and knees in order for you to learn."

"Does that make sense?"  as I throw my hands up and shrug.

Elie responds in his soft, yet firm voice, "Asher, Mommy is talking to you! "

Brocolli Monster!

Elie could devour a whole head of steamed brocolli in one sitting!

Scooter!

Our neighbor across the street just got a new scooter and was nice enough to let Moi and Asher take it for a spin.