Category: koala update
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Kids and reproductive biology 101: bellies, babies, birth and boobs.
Brought to you by the letter… Science. I have an open policy on Q&A with my kids. If they’re aware enough to ask it, they’re aware enough to get a viable answer. So now that the four B’s – belly, babies, birth, boobs – are major everyday topics around here, I’ve had plenty of opportunity…
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Kids today.
“Hey, look – it’s pretend!” Spotted: a blast from the past at Hadar mall in Jerusalem. Reacted: my 4.5 year old son. Aged by 342897562895436: me.
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#Dinovember?! You bet your assaurus!
Are you waking up in the morning to find your kids’ toy dinosaurs have taken over the bathroom? Poured themselves breakfast? Set up a book club in the living room? It seems your household is temporarily afflicted with Dinovember and that is freakin’ awesome! Here’s a quick how-to on Dinovember: Step 1: November. Is it…
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DIY! Homemade tutu and dinosaur feet… for the kids who want to be everything
Yesterday was crafty craft Friday! Two projects I’ve been wanting to try: DIY dinosaur feet and a homemade tutu. Both are relatively cheap thrills and the dinosaur feet are especially super simple. I’d probably have the kids do that one more often if I had easy access to proper tissue boxes (see below). So here…
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Something to tell you…
For months I wanted to tell them. “Get into bed guys, and I’ll tell you a סוד.” Especially Koala. I so enjoy sharing secrets with him… trivial whispers or major life developments. They stood at the edge of Bebe’s bed; she was nearly collapsed from exhaustion. “You know how some of our friends had babies…
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Someone gets girls a lot better than I do
My son is drawing a picture for his cousin: Him: “It’s a girl?” Me: “Yeah.” Him: “So I’m doing purple.” Me: “Why?” Him: “Girls love purple, don’t you know that?” … Me: “What is it?” Him: “A rocket.”
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Koala update: Four and a half years
At some point in the last six months, I stopped living with a little kid and started sharing a home with a boy. The first suspicion that our household had undergone some sort of transition was after a few sporadic mornings when I had the opportunity to creep into your room as the sun came…
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My kids are awesome sleepers
By awesome, I mean, creative. Not that they always sleep through their nightmares and don’t come in at 2:30 am and tell us about the monsters and lions and bears and I think once there was the ‘blue Spider-man’. Exhibit A: They very often manage synchronized sleeping. Exhibit B: In all fairness, the bed might…
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Bebe update: Two and a half years
Bebe, One day, you might be a mom. Remember when I told your older brother recently after he asked a version of the classic question and I answered – “babies grow inside imas… they start as eggs… that are inside all girls when they’re born” – and then you looked up at me wide-eyed and…
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So that’s what an Oedipus Complex looks like.
Experienced quite the strong Oedipus Complex of a 4-year old… (I officially apologize to both AP English and Psychology 101 for the doubt). After sleeping in my bed with me last night, Koala decided: “Ima, I want to be the abba again tonight and sleep with you.” “But I sleep with Abba!” “I want to…
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The first death conversation.
I’d been waiting for Koala to bring up E’s dad.
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A 2-year-old’s perspective on Tisha B’Av
“Did you make this Beit HaMikdash today?” “Yeah.” “Is it burning, is there so much fire?” “Yeah… …fireman come… put water… pssssshhhhhhhhh…” Perhaps my 2-year-old has more wisdom about the Messiah than any of us could dream of, or she has a vast knowledge of history and the fire fighting capabilities of warring nations, but really,…