Rafi & Sam's Blog

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
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Red Seal Development Corp.

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Happy Belated Birthday, Sam!

Yup, Sam's two! It's been a busy few weeks, what with everyone getting sick, several house guests, etc. So this is a bit belated. We'll get to the home party later, but here are some photos from Sam's actual birthday, celebrated at school. Sam's birthday fell on Friday. Fridays at school are for celebrating Shabbat, and parents are invited to the celebration. Sam got a birthday crown (as did Naomi and Oren, both a day older than Sam) from his teacher Cyd, featuring his bestest buddy Clifford the Dog.

 

Sam also did some Shabbat dancing to the song stylings of Miss Robin the Music Lady. 

Then it was back to the classroom....

...for fruit and whipped cream with the whole class.

After snack, the kids got ready to go outside for some water play. Miss Cyd got Sam all naked ("Naked Sam! Naked Sam!) and got the kids dressed in the oversized running shirts they wear when they mess around in the water.

All that remained was for the birthday boy to become the upside down birthday boy with his best pal Mr. Eric!