Author: Hannah

Garden of Eden

I’ve been reading to Eitan “Does God Have a Big Toe?” every night. We are loving the stories, and I’m loving the ensuing discussion.

Eitan: Where is the Garden of Eden?

Mama: No one knows

Eitan: I’m going to find it

Mama: I don’t think that’s possible; I think God hid it

Eitan: How? Is it protected?

Mama: I don’t know; I’ll get back to you

…. Mama learns the exact answer in Torah study that Shabbat …

Mama: I have an answer for you. God stationed an angel outside of the garden to protect it, with a fiery ever-turning sword. The angel is enormous, with the body of a lion and wings like an eagle.

Eitan: I can take him.

Ideas Thoughts

Good question

Eitan: “If God knows everything that will happen, why did he put Adam and Eve in the garden if he knew he would just kick them out?”

Sometimes, the question is more important than the answer.

Questions Thoughts

The Web’s Purpose

Eitan: “What are you talking about?”

Mama: “We’re trying to decide on a domain name for Elijah’s bar mitzvah website”

Eitan: “What’s he going to sell?”

Uncategorized

Cost of Food

Mama: “I’ll get bagels for Shabbat, but we’ll have bread the rest of the week”

Eitan: “Only bread? What are we, poor?”

Uncategorized

Healthy Eating

Eitan: “I want ice cream.”

Mama: “Can you choose something healthy?”

Eitan: “Vanilla”

Questions

Important questions

We went to a Woo Sox game yesterday and also watched a baseball recap last night. During cozy time we were reading when Eitan suddenly asks, “do baseball players wear underpants?”

At first, I unequivocally said “yes”, but then I realized I didn’t know! I added, “I think”. He seemed okay with that answer.

Phrasing

Not exactly but close enough

Post author By Hannah
Post date August 11, 2025
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As always the best conversations happen on the toilet. Eitan was pooping. He asked to watch the music video for the Weird Al Star Wars song “The Saga Begins”. We get to the middle of the song, and I realize he’s done pooping and has been sitting there a while. I suggest we pause so he can get up, to prevent his legs from falling asleep.

He agrees and gets up. Then says, “my leg is tired.” 🙂

Then, “now it hurts!”

I explained that that’s called pins and needles and is just the blood coming back to his leg. He seemed cool with that.

Thoughts

Internal GPS

Eitan is really good with directions. This was made very clear to Nana and Papa on a trip to the library:

We were driving down Great Plain Avenue and pulled into the lot next to the library, although the GPS said to go further and take a right on Rosemary Road.

Eitan said the GPS was correct so we left the lot, made the right on Rosemary Road and right he was…there was the main entrance to the library and the parking lot.

He really remembers these kind of things.

Phrasing Thoughts

Story of the Torah

Eitan: “God told people they had to move the Torah everyday. Some people didn’t think everyday was a thing, but everyday was a thing. They had horses that…”

(Proceeds to fart)

“Farted! Haha. I’m just kidding. The horses didn’t fart. That’s not part of the story.”

Ideas Thoughts

How-To

Post author By Hannah
Post date May 5, 2025
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The best conversations happen with Eitan on the toilet.

Eitan: “What if I get poop on the toilet seat?”

Mama: “We’ll clean it.”

Eitan: “What if you can’t clean it?”

Mama: “There was a book in my house when I was growing up called How to Clean Everything.”

Eitan: “Oh, a How-To book.”

Mama: “Yes – you know about those?”

Eitan: “Yes, Emily reads them to us.”

Mama: “Really? What kind-of How-To books?”

Eitan: “You know… like… How To Train a Lion.”

Mama: “Wow that sounds exciting.”

Eitan: “You know I’m writing a How-To book.”

Mama: “What is yours about?”

Eitan: “How to Keep a Puppy. Step 1. Get a puppy. Step 2. Get a bowl. Step 3. Get dog food. Step 4. Feed the puppy. Step 5. Get a leash….”

Unfortunately, I couldn’t remember all his steps, but there were 10! By then, he was done pooping and life went on.