Mommy I think tonight I'll dream about Spring...

It's been a snowy winter. And some nights she says she'll dream about snow and then is thrilled to awake to white flakes. 

Maybe she's had enough.

"Are you ready for Spring?"

"Yes. Do you think HaShem is ready for spring now?"

Red Crumbs

"Mommy, what do pigeons eat?"
"Breadcrumbs"
Minutes and multiple thoughts later.
"Mommy, do we have red peppers?"
"Yes. Why?"
"Good. Then I can make red crumbs for the pigeons."



Atara's mom said "you should be proud. Stella wouldn't eat the candy because her dentist said it was bad for her teeth"

"Grandma, I want to come over this morning."
"Why this morning?"
"Because I get sleepy at nightime"

Cayman Islands

Few days in we are eating at Hagan Daz and Stella says "I miss Mally! I miss my kids! I miss my teachers!... I miss ... Carvel!!"

Stella-isms

I told her the Israeli kids were going to be there – she said "that girl wants to ruin my puppy dog". I said, we can leave your dog at home. She said "Im gonna bring something … sharp."

R was in the semi -finals for basketball. Asked me on the way to the game "Is it true that if you believe you'll win, you will win."

She also davened that we would give one more chance with Mally. When she woke up and told her we were going to try one more time, she said with such earnestness that was what she had prayed for"

On the way home from GA and SabaJ S said she no longer needed a car seat, she is big now. I told her her seat was good until she is 5 years old. She said "I'm almost 5 you know."

Also in the car- "Mommy, we forgot to do the decorations!!!" "What decorations?" "The lights, on the trees and everywhere." - Christmas confusion. 

R - about the cat. When I told her no such thing. She said "There is no such thing as no such thing."

"Wow, pretty cool guys huh" - S

She gave me something. I said "Thank you." "My pleasure" - S

In the car, R playing with Kindle. Stella mad. "Don't Trust me D!!!!" - I said "don't worry S ,we wont trust you." (she meant interrupt, but it was funny enough to cut the mood)

"But talking is one of my hobbies"

Dorothy seems to have gotten in trouble in school on Friday for talking.  She has to sit out from recess on Monday. Friday night she was telling me about it and was so upset, explaining she had no idea when it as an appropriate time to talk and when it wasn't.

When I told her it is best not to talk in class at all she explained in all seriousness that "talking is one of her hobbies. "I mean, I have lots of hobbies, but talking is one of them."

Yesterday Mike went upstairs to see Stella standing on the edge of our bathtub. Holding the back scratcher. "What are you doing?" he asked.  "Just fishing" she said.


Ian is applying to high schools which is insane.  We went to TABC today - it was pretty moving. Daron has grown a few inches in the past few months best as I can tell. Suddenly almost my height.

We drove to see the kitty cat

Two hours in the car (nearly) each way - the way back the girls had a little lack of patience. But on the way there we were all excited.

When we noted we were going to Pennsylvania  -  Stella said "Daniel Tiger goes to Pennsylvanie - to where all the people make the crayons"

Devorah

Dorothy dreamt last night that she woke up and saw another little girl in the house. And she came down and ate breakfast and asked Daddy who it was since at first she thought it was Stella but looked way different.  He said that Moshiach had come and it was the little girl that "died" in my tummy. Everyone was so excited and they started dancing and singing (I think she said Simin Tav and Mazal Tov) and then the clouds in the sky started to take shape into pictures or images or shapes. And they saw Hashem and Mosiach. And then she lost her shoe and they were outside and Mike said to look up and they saw Hashem and Mosiach in the sky and they saw two airplanes and it was funny she thought they flew away each in an airplane.