Something from everyone

Like the song says, the kids are all right.

Ezra (passing video store in car): Can we borrow movies from that store? (Yeah, but you have to pay.) Oh yeah... even though it's not a library, you can still borrow from it! 

Ezra (pushing deedees' highchairs closer together): They look cuter when they're together.

Naomi to construction worker waiting for the men's room at Albertson's: Our son is in there.

And here is Hannah's very own sing-songy brocha, transcribed verbatim, since she does the same thing almost every time: Modeh ani lifanech! Melech haolam! Asher twenny-shanu bimitzvah--tzitzit! 

Hannah, still singing: Cleanup, share-ing, cleanup, share-ing, everybody clean up! Cleanup! And, copying Uncle Moishe: No, no, no! I will not let you doe! 

After one of her whiny little rebellions--"No, I won't, I don't wah-noo! (they corrupted her!! I knew it would happen)-- she sometimes runs to the time-out corner, where she's seen other kids doing time, but doesn't get sent herself, and mommy's heart melts as I pull her out of there.

Hannah's little bedtime protest sentences: I dun wanna go to bed. I'm really a-wake! (or I'm just awake, or my favorite, I'm just dunna be a-wake... )

Saul--Saul is so funny: Yeah? Yeah!  (constantly asking this question, then answering himself). He can also say a proper "yes," though it sounds like "yesh."  And he seems to be calling his brother Yashie! He very dramatically says, Uh-ahhhhh (uh-oh tune). When he approaches something dangerous, we say "No, no!" and he says "Nah-nah!" Now, when he approaches the stairs the whirring fan, etc., he looks over at us, says "Nah-nah" and patters away. They both make the lip-smacking kissy noise! And thank you's, i.e. "dee-dow"s are back, and Yasha thanks too. Saul, when extremely impatient, bellows: Mah-mee, Da-dee.

Saul, Hannah and Yash play funny baby games. They run sooooooo fast, and flop on the big pull-ow, yelling aaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAA! wildly as they approach.... and then the flop (anticlimactic, timid little flop! sometimes missing the pillow itself). 

The same silly Saul, spinning, spinning, happy, happy, suddenly looks confused - doesn't understand that strange dizzy feeling, and... crash! 

As for me, I discovered I can still ride my unicycle!!!! I absolutely had to prove it to Julie, who stayed over for Shabbos...