Oy, A gezunt dir in kepele! Are you ever a clever child!
L’Shona Tova! Happy New Year!
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Wordless Wednesdays: Clever Children
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Bedtime, in 4 hours or less
I know, you’ve been thinking, Lisala, it’s been so long since you shared your parenting perceptions and insights. Sure, a nice rant, a beautiful pic, sweet tender mishpocheh (family) moments. Today, we revisit bedtime. How on earth do you get the kinder to gai shluffin (the kids to go to sleep)? Well my readers, I offer you our thoughtful child rearing insights, in the form of a song. Hum along if you like, to the tune of Let It Be, you know, by the Beatles:
When I find myself in need of slumber
Trying to act sensibly
The whole world feels chaotic, fretfully
Retiring Big and Little takes too long
I doze off first expectantly
The kinder, they’re nocturnal, devilry
Empathy, empathy
Empathy, come and see
What, like our bed is the only bed on earth?
Their own room is so beautiful; come and see
I wake up to the sound of squealing,
Maidelahs have taken all control
The Mrs. voice is loudly fuming, testily
I muster up some words of wisdom
Pleading with veracity
Yet my babble is not in sentences, regrettably
Remedy, remedy
Remedy, eventually
We need a two bedroom like we need a luch in kop (hole in the head)?
They’ll sleep in their own bedroom, eventually
My Mrs., she chortles at my jabber
The kinder loudly laugh and giggle
Reveling in my senseless banter, splendidly
Minutes have slowly ticked to hours
Empty threats thrown about with leniency
We’re a helpless parent fail, professedly
Sleeplessly, sleeplessly
Sleeplessly, hopefully
Other kids go the fuck to sleep without such a gantseh megillah (long drawn out story)
Tomorrow night will be so much better, hopefully
Sleeplessly, sleeplessly
Sleeplessly, hopefully
Other kids go the fuck to sleep without such a gantseh megillah (long drawn out story)
Tomorrow night will be so much better, hopefully
Well, you know what they say:
Der shlof iz der bester dokter. Sleep is the best doctor.
Is there a doctor in the house? Oy vey iz mir.
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Wordless Wednesday: Let’s have fun!
The kinderlech (children), they should play and be happy! Us too!
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And then, in a flash, My Little was Six
How on earth…
Six years ago tonight, our second, known to you as Little, sailed into this world, our world, like greased lightening. She was truly ‘herself’ from the moment she took a breath outside of the warm comforts of uterine living. When she ‘eye-spied with her little eye,’ Big, her shvester (sister) it was love at first sight. We were two proud mommas (I of course was much less sore, stricken only with awe and true love at the strength, power and beauty of my Mrs.). It’s one of the benefits listed on the gay agenda when a lesbian couple – sharing clothes, shoes and birthing.
My Little, what to say… She speaks her mind and she claims her space. Sure, she learns and emulates Big, but she is not at all afraid to look outside the box, color outside of the lines and speak her mind, all while singing a merry tune, real, or made up. This girl, she has pipes. She can croon with the best and if cultivated, may just be the next Adele. She will anthropomorphize any object in hand into a family and immediately play imaginary games.
Dogs – don’t even get me started. Oh how she tortured loved our two pugs, Atticus and Eli, as they watched our family add two-legged creatures begrudgingly. Enter a room and Atticus was dressed in pearls and a bike helmet while Eli sported an outfit from any of the American Girl dolls. Oy vey, they tolerated loved her well. And now Gatsby, poor Gatsby… let’s just leave it at that.
My Little has style and flamboyance that is all her own. She embraces her spirit and wears it well and out loud (apologies to neighbors on all sides, up and down). She is a boisterous life force that can fill a space with her oomph and enthusiasm. She fills my heart!
Today, my Little bubelah (darling), she is grappling with getting bigger, older (like I don’t know from this). She has said several times this past week, “I’m gonna turn six, but after that I’m not doing it anymore. I don’t want to go to college. I just want to stay with my mamas.”
Join me today in this simcha (joyous occasion) as we celebrate my Little! L’Chaim! (To Life!)
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Spinach!
This vision of real life is brought to you by Big. No spinach was injured (or eaten) during this display. Big, oh how I love you my bubbelah (sweet girl)!
*Es nisht di khale far a moitse. Don’t eat the challah before you’ve made the blessing. (*McKay and Gabe, this is for you!)
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Car Seats and Kids: Both the 2-legged and 4-legged kind
Injury prevention in cars is a big deal. Seat belts really do safe lives. People on the roadways are especially meshuggeneh (nuts) and have too many reasons to take their eyes off the road. They are texting, shaving, applying make-up, taking conference calls, checking their noses for schmutz (dirt, like bears in the cave) and managing to find the teeny, tiny toy the kinder (children) have dropped to the floor with the one free arm that isn’t holding a scalding hot, freshly brewed latte. It’s a nightmare, or day-mare, depending on your driving routine.
By law, kids today will be in rear facing car seats until we take them for their driver’s permit. Then, and only then, will they be front facing and in a belt-positioning booster. As we drop them off at college or university, they will hopefully meet the height and weight criteria to be properly belted in as an adult. Oy!
Thinking further about car safety for Fido (or in my case, Gatsby), this Yiddisher Momma believes that kinder (sweet children) of all kinds need protection too. Enter the K9CarFence.
A hunt iz a mol getrei’er fun a kind. A dog is sometimes more faithful than a child.
I had the pleasure of meeting Ira Stahl, owner and inventor of this harness-free, crash-tested, made in the USA, pooch protection when he was making a service call as an electrician at my work. Who knew this mild-mannered mensch (good guy) was electrician by day, and K9 superhero by night! We all got to schmoozing (talking) as people do, and this electrical maven (expert) mentioned his groundbreaking invention to help the doggies of the world travel safely in cars. My eyes lit-up! Gutinue (OMG)! I must have one for my Gatsby! After much nachas (joy and pleasure) shared over my 4-legged boychik (little boy) and Ira’s two little loves, it was agreed Ira would give my Gatsby the safety and security of his own K9CarFence TLC-2X in return for a product review.
I said, Ira, “I gotta be honest to my readers.” He was confident, and came within the next few days to install a brand new K9 CarFence in my car. Five minutes, he was done! He explained every step of the easy installation, and off he went.
We have now had this gem for some 3+ weeks and I have only great things to say. In fact, I’m kvelling (bursting with pride) over this safety fence. The first time in my car, Gatsby was not a happy camper and tried desperately to escape. He was used to laptop sitting (dangerous!) and snuggling. By the second ride in his enclosure, he was much more at ease. He could see us through the mesh and look out the window. By the third time, it was his throne! He owned it and walked in with pride. I lowered the window a bissel (bit) — he happily sniffed outside, and then settled into his ‘circle pose’ of rest. Canine shavasana! I added a blanket that he nuzzles, settles and snuggles, safe and sound. My Gatsby hound.
Canine babies need their own place in the car too. Who would dare let their tiny human flop about in the back seat like I did as a kid? My Big and Little, shana maidelahs (beautiful girls) that they are, have been restrained by the very best. Now, they are bubbellahs (sweeties) in boosters. We strap in and click. What, the Gatsby’s of the world don’t need such protection? Of course they do! Dogs are good people!
The benefits of enclosing your pooch in the car with a K9 CarFence is very much like that of your kinder (children) in their car seats:
- Holds them in one secure place as you drive
- Confining comfortably protects them from acting as a projectile in case of a collision
- Prevents them from climbing into your lap and
stealing your sanitynudjing (pestering) you - One less thing to be distracted about while driving
- Safeguards them from the impact of sudden or unexpected stops
- In the case of an accident, kaynahorah, pthui, pthui, pthui (it shouldn’t happen), they stay confined, preventing further catastrophic incidents like running into traffic and possibly causing another crash pthui, pthui, pthui
- Traffic violations for driving with a dog that is not properly restrained/confined range in price from $25 to $1000. Ouch!
The K9 CarFence is like a comfy den for your dog. Have a bigger dog? They have options my lovers of furry friends. The TLC-2X fits both front and back seat. As an added bonus, its durable and lightweight construction protects your car interior as it comforts your fur-baby.
I heartily recommend the K9 CarFence for the safe ride and peace of mind you have while driving alongside everyone’s best friend. My Gatsby, he gives a hearty 4 paws up! And the Mrs. and the kinder, they love it too! In dog we trust.
Please know, as in all of my writing, all opinions are my own. If you should agree with me, we are all the better! Either way, I’d love to hear read your comments! Nu? I can take it!
Ven dos mazel kumt, shtel im a shtul. If fortune calls, offer him a seat.
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Wordless Wednesdays: Last bits of Summer
Oib di velt vet verren oisgelaizt, iz es nor in zechus fun kinder. If the world will ever be redeemed, it will be only through the merit of children.
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