Foil Balls

Actual conversations with my children:

1. One Shabbat, Moshe, Hodayah, and Hillel all had crumpled balls of foil and were planning to ambush me when I came back downstairs. Batzie decided not to participate (probably b/c she loves me more) so she did not take a crumpled foil ball.
Batzie: I’m not participating in this.
Hillel: b/c you don’t have balls!
Everyone: Giggle-Snort 🤣
Hillel: Noooo not Those balls!

2. One night, Hodayah was licking her bowl after having noodles with margarine.
Me: Ew Hodayah! Where did you even learn to do that?
Hodayah: When I went to juvie.

Where do they learn this stuff?!?!

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Raining in my Kitchen

Hodayah was telling Hillel tonight that drinking water is good for you b/c water splits apart and...something good for your body...I forget the rest.

But that got me thinking "How exactly does water split apart? Like does the hydrogen split from the oxygen?" 

And that got me thinking "I know oxygen is just air, but what is hydrogen? And how does it mix with air to make water?

And that got me thinking "We're surrounded by air. Sooo...if I open a can of hydrogen and release it into the air in my kitchen, will it just start raining in my kitchen?"

I'm so curious!

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You win!

Me: Hillel, go hang up your wet clothes.Hillel: No! I want someone to come with me!
Me: No one is coming with you. I'm right here. Go hang up your clothes!
Hillel, after a lot of this back and forth: FINE! I'LL DO IT MYSELF!!!

Darn it! He sure showed me!
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Chores

I was home with Hodayah the other day. She insisted on doing the dishes so I let her. Then I said "We also have to switch the laundry." She responded "I'll do the laundry. You can finish the dishes. I'm Done!"
I feel you, girl!
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Boy Grown Ups

Hillel:. "Boy grown ups wear penises, right mommy?"

Good morning, everyone
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Proof

Further proof, aside from their faces, that these are in fact Mo Berow 's children. This is how I found them this morning. In a bed, reading, surrounded by books.

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Choo Choo!

...הנה רכבת
Choo Choo! Van Saun Express Aug 2022
(Sure beats the A train!)
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Never Too Old

You are never too old to ride on a carousel, or a choo choo train. But you might be too adult to ride a pony.

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How old is she?!?

Hodayah (5.5) very earnestly to Hillelly (3) after Hillelly wouldn't let her help him:

"Hillel, can you please explain why you won't let me help you?"

Would you like that double-spaced?  How old are you?!?

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Nobody puts Baby in the corner! - 2019 picture

It's true what they say.  Nobody puts Baby in a corner.

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Winner!

​I feel like I won the mommy lottery the other day when my 5.5-but-may-as-well-be-15-year-old daughter told me two things.

1. I was taking a nap and my husband was in the bathroom and she needed something so she later told me that she decided to ask him and not me b/c I was sleeping and he was already awake and that just made more sense.

2. She asked me if she was allergic to candy. I said "Yes!!!! Yes you are!" so she responded that she better tell her camp friend not to give her any candy.

Winner! (Although I probably shouldn't brag b/c I just know something will happen soon to negate all that)

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Costco ATM

 ​Yesterday's gem from Hillelly, talking about his flip flops:

Hillelly: No! They're mine!
Me: Did you pay for them?
Hillelly: Yes I paid for them!
Me: You did?? Where did you get money from?
Hillelly: Costco!
I knew you could get Anything at Costco, but I had no idea they were giving out money. We gotta get on that, Mo Berow!
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Sticker Reward - 2019 - picture

 ​When you give your daughter a sticker for sleeping in her bed, and then you realize you also do it and deserve a sticker too!

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Spike - 2020 picture

Hillelly got a new toy, Spike the Fine Motor Hedgehog.  Hodayah decided it's hers.  

My first thought while playing:. "The quills are the same colors as the ice pops from camp Ma Tov!"

Moshe's first thought:. "It looks like a virus."

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King Pharoah

Follow up to a previous post about Pharoah being at a carnival that was part of the Israel Day Parade on Rt 20 in NJ,

Yesterday, while driving home, I spotted, on Rt 4, a very similar looking carnival, and lo, there was a ride - it looked like the boat that swings back and forth and eventually flips over - and it had Pharoah's face on both ends of the boat and it was called "Pharoah's Fury"!  What the wocka?!?!  When I pointed it out to Hodayah this morning, she said she was right.  Pharoah really was there.  Crazy!  

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Israel Day Parade Marshall

Yesterday, we passed what looked like a pop-up carnival with rides and lights and stuff on Route 20 in NJ. The conversation in the car went like this:

Hodayah: Is that from the Israel Day Parade?
Me: No it's not.
Hodayah, very certain: Yes it is!
Me: I don't think so.
Hodayah: It is. I saw Pharoah there. It is.
Me: Pharoah?! He definitely was not in the Israel Day Parade.
Hodayah: I saw him there. He was a very bad person.
Me: He sure was!
To be fair, Pharoah technically was involved in the Israelites parading out of Egypt. But that's not this.
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Cape Bibs - 2017 - picture

In case your superhero cape is still at the cleaners, a bib will work well in a pinch.

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Baby Brudder - 2019 picture

Hodayah Loves her "baby brudder".  Thank God.  It helps that he can't grab her toys yet.

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Gardening - 2020 pictures

I got frustrated with the unevenness of this bush that's supposed to be a sphere.  And I have free child labor.  And she loved it!  Such a fun activity for a beautiful day!  (I did the higher branches.  I loved it too.)

(I got the idea from a post from Danielle Bergman Leitman.  So thank you!)

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I want my nipples back!

Hodayah calls my bra my "nipples".  This morning, she took it from the bathroom before I got out of bed.  I went to the bathroom, and called to her through the door.

Me:. Hodayah, did you take my bra?

H:. Your nipples?

Me:. Yes.  Did you take my nipples?

H:  Yes.  I'm wearing it.

I cracked up.

Me:  I need it.

H:. You want your nipples back?

Me:. Yes please.