Mama: Eitan, what do you think of my new lipstick?
Eitan: mmmm it’s pretty nice. You might look better in blue or red though
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Author: Hannah
Eitan came home from school one day with a laminated piece of paper with the Hebrew alphabet on it. When I took it out of the bag, it was very sticky. I said, “ick! Why is this sticky?”
Eitan replied, “that’s probably the honey.”
“Why was there honey on it?”
“There was an activity. It didn’t go well.”
Pause for laughter.
It turns out it was to teach the children that learning Hebrew is sweet. I’m guessing the “it didn’t go well” was really a teacher’s review that Eitan overheard.
Eitan usually tells us nothing about school. We have to beg for crumbs of information. That’s why I was so surprised recently when he suddenly announced in the car on the way home, “Happy News!”
Mama: “What’s the news?”
Eitan: “Mrs. Rose played at recess today!”
Mama: “That’s great! What did she play with you?”
Eitan: “She was the guard.”
Mama: “Cool. What did she guard?”
Eitan: “The Diamonds.”
I can only assume this was Minecraft-inspired.
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.
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.
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?”
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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?”
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Healthy Eating
Eitan: “I want ice cream.”
Mama: “Can you choose something healthy?”
Eitan: “Vanilla”
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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.
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Not exactly but close enough
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.