News from the Beyond

Monday, December 14, 2009

Abby is 23 Months Old!

Here are a few last images of Abby before Mommy caved and went in to clip her bangs:

She is so VERY almost 2. Her new favorite word? "NO!" Performed usually in a very annoying whining tone. She's also taken to stealing objects from Jake and running as fast as she can to throw them in my lap. We had a serious conversation about not stealing, or "swiping" things today, with lots of references to Dora's Swiper, whose xmas special I think I know by heart now. She knows it's not the right thing to do and after a few minutes looks at me with face falling from shame and wants a hug on my lap. But she still does it again shortly after. Hmmpf... Little imp with big spirit.

She's SO loving Hannukah too - the candles, the coin booklets I give them every night, and the single gift. I love that for Hannukah the simplest small gift gets full attention for one whole night. It's nice to see them both swoon over some playdough or a coloring book!

A Dilemma

I hesitated to put this up because I don't want to offend anyone, but this is a photo of what our across the street neighbor's holiday lights look like from every room in our house. Do they know it spells "ASS?" Even more important, do we tell them?? Would love your opinions!

Friday, December 11, 2009

Happy First Night of Hannukah!

Abby loved her chocolate Hannukah gelt. Kept putting it in and out of a plastic container. Jake played with his new dreidels and loved his new Wall-E book. Mike and I concentrated on keeping our food down, since we're both still recovering from this week's illness!!

I got a little teary and nostalgic after Jake asked me where I got my menorah and I explained that it was a gift from my late, Jewish, father. Thanks to Dad (and Mom!), for leaving me with great memories of such a warm and lovely family tradition. I loved watching my kids' faces glow in the candlelight - they were both enraptured. It was, in all, a lovely first night.