Rafi & Sam's Blog

Happy Belated Halloween

Thanksgiving is coming up, so I'd best show you the boys' Halloween costumes. We trick or treated in the apartment complex of our friends Robin and Gil. Most of the kids in the complex are older now, and the building is still Halloween-obsessed, so the kids made out like bandits. (And so did the grownups!) Sam wasn't so excited about his costume until we explained that if you wear a costume and say "Trick or treat," people give you candy. He got comfy with the idea of a costume right quick after the first apartment showed that mommy wasn't lyin'.

 

Family Picture

Look all 4 of us in one picture!

Look the Camera will talk to the Computer Again

and we can post pictures - BRN

Need your Car Cleaned?

Last night, I was talking to the boys when I was driving home and mentioned we needed to clean the ca and vacuum it out.  Rafi piped up with "Can we use the shop vac?".  So when we got home, I got out the shop vac and hooked it up and 30 minutes later the car was vacuumed out.  Sam sat in the front and played with the CD player flipping between Laurie Berkner songs. 

Rafi did most of the vaccuming (while wearing his ear protection).   I forget what it is like to be little and to be able to wiggle your head under a car seat to vacuum up all the crumbs. He's quite adept at it and if you need your car cleaned, you can bring it :-)

- BRN

A matched pair

I just gave Rafi Sam's pizza crust and Sam, Rafi's cheese.  That worked out nicely.

In other news,  Sam still refuses to wear a coat for me. It is 40 degrees out and he came home in a T-shirt. I'm worried about getting arrested for child neglect.  He's fine - no signs he was cold at all. 

Rafi had on his winter jacket zipped up with the hood on and the strap over his face.

- BRN

Yay for Rafi's Camera-wielding Teachers!

Rafi's new teachers in the "4s Room" are fabulous in many ways, but for blog purposes, the most important is that they like to take pictures! Below, some of the gems from the most recent batch.

(This was a "sink or float?" science experiment.)

(I have no idea what this is all about, but this is not the only photo of them doing this. Rafi's on the left.)

Two Year (plus six weeks) Stats

Sam's "two year" well-child doctor's appointment this morning - 34.75 inches tall, 27 lbs 6.75 oz, head circumference 19 inches. One shot that he was a real pro about; one blood draw to test for lead that wasn't fun for anyone, but he bounced back nicely. After the shot, I got him dressed and held him and he announced through sniffles, "I feel better now, Mommy!" He was quite annoyed with me - not about the shot, but about the fact that I had promised that the doctor's office had toys to play with, and in the wake of swine flu concerns, it no longer does. Boo, hiss.

Pictures from the JCC

A couple of pictures of Sam from the JCC:

- BRN

Two Boys, Stripey Shirts, Trains and No Pants!

- BRN

Rafi's Song for Sam at Bedtime

I love you
I hope you sleep well Sam
I'll see you in the morning
We'll read some books

Not sung to any tune whatsover - BRN

Brian Nagorsky
Director of Development
Red Seal Development Corp.

bnagorsky@redsealhomes.com

425 Huehl Rd Bldg 18
Northbrook, I'll 60062
847-272-5600
847-272-3802 (fax)