I should also add that DLD and MMA are so relaxed and at home in sharon's waiting room (cos they visit so often) they behave as if they are visiting their favourite aunt....running up and down and around all the corridors....when we were there DLD lay on a chair and rested her feet on the wall with the map ( maybe that's why michelle brought out the balloons) then when they got to sharon's room she runs straight to the lolly jar and helps herself....of course she gave one to mma leaving me with the dilemma of whether to praise her kindness or point out her need to get permission from sharon...then she proceeds to remove her socks and shoes and lie down on the examination table.....make yourself at home why don't you...........well next time we had to go with DLR and raizel I decided to prepare for the onslaught and give dld a few tips on how to behave nicely.....well of course she still ran around constantly pointing out that she is a much faster runner than mma who follows her up and down the corridors like a happy adoring puppy feeling so blessed just to be in her company.....then we get invited into aunty sharon's room and dld runs straight up to sharon and gives her a kiss and hug followed immediately by "can I please have a lolly?" one thing's for sure ,she is a very fast learner!

I survived the night.....but maybe only because I fell asleep with simi and I was totally exhausted.....anyway, about the story with DLD at dr. sharon's.........when michelle, the secretary blew up the first balloon she cautiously made it small ( maybe to preserve waiting room decorum)when she held it out DLD quickly said "that's menachem mendel's" of course I praised her 'kindness'....then while michelle blew up the next one Iasked her what she was going to say to michelle to which she replied "I want a bigger one " and of course that's what she got.....hoping to hear from our family in singapore....all my love to all the jeddybloggers wherever you are

More from the Dickshteins...

A couple more things from my girls...

1. On Friday, DL wanted to help me peel potatoes, but I told her that I don't want her to because I don't want her to hurt herself. She began marching to the drawer, with the intention of getting out a peeler, so I asked her, "Are you listening to mummy or are you doing your own thing?" Her answer, "I'm doing my own thing!" Brutal honesty...

2. Mum had to take DLD and MMA to Dr Sharon's the other day because someone had an appointment, and she was babysitting. DL feels totally at home at Dr Sharon's. The secretary blew up a balloon, and gave it to DL, who gave it to MM. Mum thought that she was being so kind (which she tends not to be with MM). The secretary started blowing up another one, so Mum prompted DL and said, "What do you say?", to which DL said, "I want a bigger one!"

(This is how I remember hearing the story, but if there are corrections from those present, please comment to the post, and I will correct the story.)

3. Chayale has settled very nicely in Prep, and is enjoying reading and writing. She has finished her 2nd Hebrew reader and likes identifying and writing letters. On Friday, when she was home sick, she wrote the Arensteins a goodbye letter. She told me what she wanted to write, and then she patiently copied it out onto pretty stationery. I was very impressed...

If you can't decipher her writing, it reads,

Dear Baila and Ari and Menachem Mendel

I wish you could stay here forever and ever.

Love Chayale Dickshtein

Well, I think she summed up most of our thoughts in her letter...

BTW, why am I the only one posting?

Fomo fun...

So yesterday I had a dr's appointment with Dr Kliman. DLD was with me, and when we went in to his office, she went straight for the display of business cards he has on his desk. I told her that she could take ONE, and that's it. So she proptly said to me "Well now I have 2, because one and another one is 2". (She had taken one last time, and so yes, now she had two.)

Point #1: She remembered that she had the one from last time

Point #2: I love that she could add (there was a kid in my class last year who couldn't count to 8!).

On that note, she is really settling into Kinder nicely. She sings songs from Kinder all day, and davens all the time! She is such a cheeky monkey though... and she's entirely not sad about the fact that Nakem Menel is going - I think she's quite relieved, because as she told me, "He pulls my hair". He is probably stroking it like he does to my shaitel, very gently, but it's all a matter of perspective. Boy will we all miss that kid... :-(.

While I'm talking about DLD, I might add that lately she also has a baby in her tummy, which from time to time, I need to feel. Also, because she has a baby in her tummy, she finds it hard to bend down and pick things up from the floor. Rough life...

Also, one day when I was walking back from taking Chayale to school (DLD was having a day off from Kinder), I asked her if I could eat her leg, "No", her ear - "No", her arm - "No", etc. "So what can I eat?" "You can eat breakfast!!" said the smarty pants!

You've gotta love some healthy competition. Now the question is, who will prevail, Jedblog or Jedblog?

G'morning all...

I have about 5 minutes to share with you some of my thoughts...

Well, that was cut down to about 1 minute because Chayale just woke up with a sore throat... Shame :-(...

Just very quickly, for those of you who haven't heard this story, here it is...

2 Fridays ago, I was getting ready for Shabbos, and I turned around to put the peels from the potatoes and sweet potatoes in the bin, and when I turned back around, Devorah Leah was holding a Victorinox knife in her little hand. After my initial yell of "Put that thing back where it came from or so help you" (not those words, but you get the gist), we had a very important discussion about the fact that knives are VERY dangerous, and we NEVER touch a knife, unless Mummy says it is a safe one, etc. We finished this very important discussion, and I began chopping the potatoes and sweet potatoes. Meanwhile, Devorah Leah starts marching out of the kitchen, so I asked her where she was going. She answered, "I'm going to think about it...".

And she went and sat on her bed for about 7 minutes - no joke - 'thinking about it'...

Anyway, I better go back to tending to poor Chayale. She's feeling rather miserable...

Dearest Jedbloggers...

Dearest Jedbloggers...
This blog is officially open for business! You are welcome to post anything you like!
If there's anyone who wants to post but can't they should let me know and i'll add them!
YAY!
Happy blogging! =)