Cheers!

We were at Kiddush at the NCSY Conclave. Rabbi G was telling the group of more than 200 teenagers that Kiddush had been sponsored by two of the advisors, a married couple, in honor of the birth of their daughter. When everyone applauded, D said, "No, they're supposed to go 'wooooooo!'"

Our Winter Home?

K and I were in our hotel room at Conclave, and K heard a noise outside. I thought it was the window vibrating from a passing truck, but K thought it was a bee or a wasp trying to get into our room.
"I don't think it's a bee," I told him. "It's winter; there aren't any bees."
That led to a discussion of what happens to the other animals in the winter. K knew that the birds go "to South," the "squirlers" go in their nests, and the rabbits go in their holes in the ground.
Then I asked him, "Where do we go in the winter?"
He thought about that for a minute and then said, "To Conclave!"

Take it off!

D and I were playing in the den, and I was cold, so I found a sweatshirt on Shosh's bed. When I went back into the den and started putting it on, D looked at me and said suspiciously, "What are you doing?"
"I was cold, so I'm putting on this sweatshirt," I explained.
"That's Daddy's sweatshirt," he said in a warning tone of voice, "take it off!"
No matter what I said, he kept insisting that I take off Daddy's sweatshirt. So I did. Next time I'll bring a sweater!

Techno-kids

We all know that the younger generation picks up new technology faster and easier than their parents and grandparents. K and D have grown up seeing people talk into little tiny phones that hook over their ears. I realized this when we ordered pizza and French fries the other night. I was busy cutting up pizza for the kids, and when I looked up, they had hung their curly fries over their ears!

Legs

This morning the kids asked me to read to them. I sat on the big chair in the living room; D climbed up and sat on my lap; and K perched on the right arm of the chair. I asked D to move over and sit on my left leg so K could have some room, and he moved over but insisted on sitting on my right leg. K didn't seem to mind, though, and just climbed over D and sat on my left leg. I read the book ("Going to the Dentist"), and then it was time for K to go to school. After he left, D settled himself comfortably in my lap and announced, "Now I get all the legs!"
I'm not sure whether I should feel like an octopus, or a spider!