Ba-ba-ba-budy

Hello there,

We once heard that beets are good for the digestive system. Well, Mendele got a full serving of 'em!

He really enjoyed that activity...

...but when he realized how messy the stuff was...

...and that he was covered from head to toe...

...he was grossed out!
So he demanded a bath.

Ahh. much better.
In all seriousness bath time is a great learning experience for Mendele. The truth is that every everyday activity can be a language experience for babies, as they have their learning radars way up.

Our wonderful speech and special ed. therapists have instructed us to turn every routine into a consistent, systematic exercise. Even saying goodbye has become a learning experience. It begins with walking the guest to the door, waving goodbye ("bye-bye"), closing the door and shutting the hallway light.

Every action should be accompanied by some word or sound. Shutting the lights- "Off!". Closing the door, "Closed!". Splashing around in the bath, "Splash!" and blowing bubbles, "Bubble, Bubble".

---ta ta.

Mendele Has So Much Fun

The Photographer's Lie

Have you ever been to a wedding or Bar Mitzvah where the photographer would unabashedly say to your face again and again by saying, "One more." over and over and over again?

Well, that's basically what we did to these three friends, Boruch Shneur, Zalmy and Mendele, when we got them together...

So for your viewing pleasure here are the three best friends of the age (their own age that is).

Happy Chanukah!

The Friendship Circle

This evening, the third night of Chanukah, we all went together to a Chanukah party at the Jewish Children's Museum in Brooklyn which was hosted by the Freindship Circle of NYC. There we had some great fun as the special kids danced and sang with Lipa Schmeltzer and his friends from Monroe. They were quite amazing. Mendele actually got really into the music.

Mendele also got to touch an ice menorah! Ooooh, Cold!

We constructed some Lego...
...we dismantled a Lego tower...
...we bounced on a moon bounce...
...and bounced again...
...and again!
In short we had a fine, fun time.
We can't wait for more Friendship Circle events!

Credits....

Hi everybody who has waited so long,

While you weren't watching Mendele has been diagnosed with strabismus which means crossed eyes. The doctors initially said he should wear glasses but we asked around and it was agreed that Mendelel will get some therapy that should help his eyes straighten out. But we did get him a pair, y'know, just to have. He looks so sharp!!
He's learnt to wear them only for reading, otherwise he takes them off.
In other news, Mendele is still scooting, turning and twisting around to get what he's looking for. He's also getting a pretty good dosage therapy as you will learn in a later post Iy"H.
At this time i would like to thank Mendele's grandparents, aunts, uncles...
..and of course his cousins!
Say cheese!
See ya later.