Samuel Speak (cont'd) and play date

Yesterday during his swimming lesson:

Ima (mom in Hebrew) I want to go swimming but not in the water where it's wet

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Today we had a playdate with Samuel's friend C. The boys had a great time growing a beanstock (i.e. piling and patting down sand), making a car (i.e. using pavement paint to paint the old cardboard box that all the summer toys were in, the toys of course were untouched). The car had to have tires which comprised of paper plates taped on to the bottom of the box and a steering wheel which was a plastic cup taped to the inside of the box. Vast amounts of tape were involved.

You'd think that Matthew would have been interested in playing with the older boys but he wasn't and preferred to go on the slide or play with his trains inside.

Renee on the other hand tried her best to be one of the boys. No amount of distraction would get her away from their paint and box. She was frustrated that she could do what they were doing, they were frustrated that she was interfering. But she persisted until she decided that she wasn't a 5 year old boy, and decided she was an adult. All she wanted to do was hold and cut the tape. Nothing else would satisfy her, thankfully pizza arrived shortly thereafter. She ate her pizza as she usually does - just the topping and cheese, off her and my pizza.

Samuel Speak

At school last week:

Samuel - when I grow up, I'm going to marry J and we're going to have 2 brothers and two sisters names Matthew and Renee and S (J's brother) and a dog named R (J's father) and a cat named M (J's mother). And we're not going to go to work or school or anything, just play all day

Eduardo (in his 7 year old wisdom) - what are you going to do for food? if you don't work, you won't have money to buy food?

Samuel - were going to hunt Kindereggs.

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At the Royal Ontario Museum:

Samuel - when we go into the Bat Cave I'm going to be scary [sic] so you're going to have to close my eyes [sic].

(he was fine in the Bat Cave after all, until the teens on a field trip started yelling, that scared all of us more than the flying "bats" and "cockroaches" on the ground).

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Samuel sings all the time. He makes medleys of songs from all the Jewish festivals Avadim Ainu . . . Degel Sheli . . . Nerli, nerli . . . Eretz, eretz, eretz, etc. etc.

He also loves the Waving Flag song and sings it at the top of his lungs. He also loves to watch the video and can get quite taken with the pictures of Haiti. "Haiti's broken and they can't fix it".

His favourite song: Ha Yom Yom Shishi and Hinei Matov.

A Few Recent Pictures

I'm well behind, so here are a few posts and pics to catch up.


Self-portrait with sister:


Once in a while, my wrists hurt and I hear braces at night, Matthew and Renee are modeling them there:

Renee tries to dress herself, with some success:


But she refers not to have her picture taken, she'd rather have the camera herself:



Matthew loves, loves, loves my shoes, especially these and a pair of red flats.


Not to be left out, here's Renee wearing Marc's shoes:

Our Boys Can Close, and Open

Matthew is obsessed with closing latches, locks, buckles. He'll can easily close the buckles on all three cart seats and the booster seats, he wants to close the childproofing gates.

Samuel figured out how to open the door to our backyard. This is not an easy feat. In addition to having a screen door and glass door that lock, we put a chain on the glass door at least 5' 8" off the ground as a way to "child proof" the door. A few weeks ago, Samuel moved the living room chair to the back door, climbed on it, undid the chain, unlocked the glass door an the screen door. he went outside, and so did Matthew. By the time we realized what had taken place, Matthew was 6 houses down, watching a street hockey game on his way to the park with the swings. Luckily the dad of the kids playing hockey was keeping his eyes out.