Great Parenting Moment

A recent great parenting moment was walking in the door with a new load of books from the library (on ants, and I Spy and the bushel-and-a-peck song illustrated by the Max & Ruby lady), and having the Jumping Bean literally gasp with pleasure.

How can you not love a kid who loves books so much, I ask you?

Spank or Thank?

Do we spank or thank the cat who throws up on the credit card bill?

That's a Relief

JB is pooping in her pullups (don't ask), and I am pretending to flinch, hands over face, like I do when she sneezes without covering. And she says, reassuringly, "I'm not going to poop on your head!"

Where's Aba?

Jumping Bean: Where's Aba?

Eema: I think he went to work today. It's Monday. Do you miss him?

JB: But how can he be at work when I am still here with you?

E: Do you want to call him on the phone and say good morning?

JB: I think maybe he's hiding in the closet or something.

Awwwww.

JB had her first eye exam yesterday. She loved it, but would have loved it more if allowed to play with all the ultracool doctor tools. Her eyesight is perfect at this point, but keep your fingers crossed. Mine was too when I was tiny.

Public health covers annual eye exams for kids only. Adults have to pay, so I think many people are just getting the mini-check now at the quickie eyeglass places. It'll be interesting to see the implications of that play out on a country-wide scale. Meantime, we shell out, because our eyes are bad enough already.

emPHAsis

Why is the paragraph about the American women kidnapped in the West Bank on page 10, but the full article with photo about the local girl who called 911 when her pregnant mom had a seizure is on page 1?

Jumping Bean news

When upset:
I'm not happy about it!
It's not fair!
I'm very upset!
You need to listen!
We need to talk about it!

Imaginary friends:
Ghostie (the ghost)
My hockey team

Recent quotes, note she still says "teachah" for teacher and "vewwy" for very.:
I'm a matcher, not a searcher! (when playing a matching game)
You're a very good teacher! (She's so encouraging.)
You're doing that verry well!
I'm going to throw these at your vagina when you push out a new baby!

Okay, that last one is complicated. She had dug some tampons out of a drawer, and offered me one. I explained that I won't get another period for a long time, because I was pregnant and am now nursing, so my uterus doesn't need to clean itself, blah blah blah. So I think she got that you don't need tampons while you're pregnant, she thinks a period is a fun thing, and then she conflated with the way people throw candy at a bar mitzvah boy when he's done reading. Hence, throwing tampons at me after I have a baby. I think that's what happened here.

Recent accomplishments:
Ice skating with Aba for 45 minutes!!

Dreamlog I

She said she went to a different shul and they didn't like the noise the sky was making. The sky was spinning. A wheel made the sky spin. She said a pie was making the noise. There was a dragon that came and scratched her nose and tickled her. The sky made a noise and she put her head down in the water.

The night before, there was a snail in the bed. (Given the crying that followed, it was very scary.)

Why the cricket song?

Things have been very quiet around here for two reasons:

First, I'm pregnant again, and due in December.

Second, my grandfather has had months of horrible health problems. He lives over a thousand miles away. I am his medical power of attorney, and my whackaloon mother is his financial power of attorney. It's been a time-consuming roadwreck.