May 10, 2004

Happy Birthday Tyler; A tooth for Brooke

This week we celebrated Tyler's third birthday. He was very excited and loved every minute of it. When asked, though, he still says he is almost three. You can even ask him to answer how old he is in Hebrew. Most of the time he says it right.

When we asked him where he wanted to go for his birthday dinner he said the mall. So we ate in the food court of the mall. The highlight of the mall trip was getting a bouncy ball from a vending machine.

After Tyler went to sleep the night before his birthday, we decorated his doorway.

I see my birthday

Tyler loved opening his presents. He is much better at ripping the paper off than he was last year.

Tyler's loot

Brooke is growing up. She can't really stand up yet, but she posed really well for her picture. She can stay sitting up without falling over and is starting to get interested in her brother's toys. She also loves playing with water bottles and cell phones.

Brooke also got her first tooth this week. Sorry we couldn't get a picture of the tooth.

Brooke all spiffed up

We bought Tyler a stool to help with potty training. He was thrilled to sit on it and immediately asked for a mazgeen. He wasn't interested in using the toilet for other than a reading chair.

Not yet trained

We had a picnic for our monthly branch activity. We ate traditional Israeli picnic food, sausage and kebabs on the barbeque with a variety of salads. Tyler had fun on the playground equipment, so much so that he didn't want to eat.

Tyler hanging around

Tyler-isms:

"Take good care of Brooke. Don't let her cry." - Giving instructions to his Mom.
"Yes it isn't" - No, it is.
"Flamly room" - Family room
"Rockering" - Rocking in the rocking chair
"What's up with you" - Asking how his Dad's day at work was.
"I see my birthday" - When he woke up and saw his balloons.
"Cha-la-kit" - Chocolate
"My ears hurt when you talk too much" - To his mother.
"How many times do I have to ask you not to change my diaper" - Enough said
"The duck won't get me because of this glass" - Tyler was relieved that the sliding glass door separated him from the pigeon.

Posted by sjbowden at May 10, 2004 9:02 PM