Bruria is a loving sister...most of the time

Bruria is really very sweet to her baby brother (see previous post about the baby cereal)- she comforts him when he cries, and she shares her food with him (she can't understand why I always take the pretzels away from him!).

EXCEPT when there is a conflict of interest.

One night, I was putting her to sleep and I sat down in the rocking chair to nurse Azriel Shraga. She finished her bottle and asked for more. I told her that I was nursing the baby, but as soon as he finished, I would give her more. She promptly got out of bed, came over to me, and pulled him away, and said "Baby finis!"

I guess you can't expect her to be completely selfless...she isn't even two years old!

The way to a child's heart is through his...sweet tooth!

A few proofs:

* Yesterday, Yisrael told me that Doda Rivka is his friend (for those of you who don't know Rivka, she is BZ's sister, who stays over by us once a week- and usually brings some goodies!). I asked him why Doda Rivka is his friend- he replied, "Because she gives me a candy!"

* Savta is coming to visit next week- and when she asked him what present she should bring, he asked for a candy. He can't wait for her to get here so he can get his loot!

So if you were wondering how to win over his love, well- that's the key!

Yisrael singing Purim songs

Here's Yisrael singing some Purim songs!



(If you're wondering what Bruria wanted, she was trying to look in the camera!)

Yisrael the construction worker

One erev Shabbos (was it almost three weeks ago?) I let Yisrael play out in the empty lot next to our yard. At one point, he came to the front door (he climbed up the mountain and then came back down and around to the house), shlepping a long plank of wood. He then brought out a bucket of water, and proceeded to make "cement", which he then began to smear onto the piece of wood. I asked him what he was doing- "I'm making a building", he said, in a completely serious tone of voice (the Bais Yaakov next door to us is adding on, so Yisrael has been observing the Israeli method of building- they put together a wooden frame, and then fill it with cement!)



I stopped the video just a second too soon- right after I stopped the camera, he pointed to himself and told me, "This truck wants to eat a peckela (goody bag)!"

One baby taking care of the next

I was feeding Azriel Shraga one day, when my cell phone rang. My phone doesn't work well in the house -I still haven't determined if its the phone or if there is just bad reception. Anyways, I stepped out the front door to talk- and after my conversation (just a quick "I'll be home a little earlier than usual today" from Bentzi) I came inside and found Azriel Shraga COVERED in baby cereal! He was not happy that I left him in the middle of feeding him, so his loving sister Bruria came to the rescue!

Hi again!

I can't believe its almost two weeks since I sat down to blog...I've been doing TONS of blogging in my head- I am constantly pulling out the camera, or making mental notes about things I have to post...but somehow I just haven't found the time to actually write!

So now I actually have a little time to post...let's see if I can remember all those cute things!

Enjoy!