Kids Update

I am trying to think of the new things going on with our kids.
Zachi is getting big and is a very happy, smiley kid. He loves to play with toys and climb. At the park he loves to play in the little tunnel and then fearlessly go down the slides with no assistance. He really wishes that he could climb up the ladders and frequently hangs out on them for an extended period of time, but I think the steps are still too far apart for his little legs.
At home, sometimes when other people are sitting at the kitchen table, he wants to sit there too. He will try and try until he successfuly climbs up on the chair to get to the table. He is happy just to feel that he is sitting there, but if I give him something to eat he is even happier.
Yesterday he spent a very long time playing with blcks on teh floor under the table, putting them into a bag, taking them out of the bag, putting them on the table, taking them off the table etc. While he still does not say many actual words, he is getting much more verbal.

Matani still loves to read books and will be happy to sit on the couch for quite a while being read to. We have neighbors who are South African and they have a 3 year old boy named Asher. Matani has gotten very good at imitating the South African accent- I don't think I can imitate it any better. He will say "Do you know how Asher says car? He says caah." or "Do you know how Asher says bike? He says bahk." Its pretty funny.
Matani also likes to make brachot on his food, although for some reason he does not want to wear his kippah lately-even on shabbos. Its pretty wierd for a kid who loves Jewish rituals and wants to be a big kid. I think we will try to take him to a store where he can pick out his own kippah and maybe then he will want to wear it- we'll see.
Matani loves to play with Zachi (and of course vice versa) and is usualy pretty patient with him. They both like climbing on each other, which they tend to do often.