Mommy Memos: November 2007

Monday, November 19, 2007

Mommy Memo

As I sit typing this update this baby inside me is very calm. He is waiting for me to get off the computer and lay down cozy in my bed with 5 pillows strategically placed around me. Then he will begin his nightly aerobic hokey pokey workout. He puts his left hand here... he puts his right foot there... He wiggles so much you can actually see it from the outside my belly shifting like in the movie Aliens.

I am so excited to meet this new little guy. I started taking the baby stuff out of storage. Its hard to believe that its been 2 1/2 years since we've needed these baby things. Avi, Ben & Yakov are very aware and excited to meet their little brother. They are very gentle with mommy's belly. They come over and kiss my belly and they love to take turns singing to their brother. Tonight Avi asked if we can have a little girl baby too and Ben said to him "this one is a brother baby" I told them that Hashem wanted them to have another brother.

They get along very well. It is so much fun to watch them playing together. This morning when I woke up and went into their room they had piled up the pillows and blankets and told me they had made a clubhouse! They dance the ring around the rosie together and all hold hands. Tonight they asked me to play music so they could dance, so I put on a chanukah CD and they all started spinning like dreidels.

Ever since we went on that camping trip the boys love marshmellows. Its really amazing what we can get them to do for 1 mini marshmellow. They will put all their toys away, clean up their "clubhouse" get dressed, even sweep the floor! Ben is really quite good with the broom. Tonight I told them they could have rainbow cheerios for breakfast if they went to sleep right away. FYI rainbow cheerios are fruity cheerios like fruit loops, I mix a scoop into their "regular" cheerios and they love it! Wonder how long this bribe thing will work. I had all of them asleep in record time tonight.

Last night I was sitting with a friend talking, and Yakov was helping out by cleaning up under the table. On his way out he bumped his head pretty hard, but almost instantly after the loud thump we heard his cute voice say "I'm ok" It was hard not to laugh.

I will post more pictures soon, I need to find where I misplaced my digital camera first.

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

My mom in Israel

This is the picture I have been trying to upload. Its my mom with her blue guitar singing to the kids in her daycare. How precious is this picture? Now she has 8 kids and she loves her job.

Story Time

I told the boys they could get a book and read on the sofa, while I cleaned up dinner. When I was done, I saw Ben reading a book to Yakov. He was doing a pretty good job. Not that he can read the words yet, but he can read the pictures, and has an amazing memory for the story details.

Bathtime

The boys know that it is getting harder for mommy to bend and wash them. So they volunteered to wash eachother. How cute, each of them washing the others back and "tushie" too. When they turned the other way Yakov started washing the wall of the bathtub. How adorable! They are pretty funny in the bathtub. I played simon says to get them to wash the rest of themselves. Simon Says wash your nose... Yakov wanted to wash the baby too! I told him he has to wait a bit longer for that to happen. Avi is so funny he still tries to pull my shirt up and tries to see the baby. They all kiss my belly and sing songs to their brother. Sometimes they will ask "where are the baby's toes?" then when I point to where I felt the most recent kick they kiss that spot and say "I love you baby" They are going to be amazing big brothers. All of them.