Since he was pretty small, Eitan called juice ‘jupe’. It is definitely his favorite drink, and he continues to call it jupe even though he can now pronounce the sound ‘s’. The other day he was helping me peel an orange and his finger punctured it. “Hmmmm, jupey!” was his reaction. It was great.
Author: Hannah
Eitan is playing with Dada’s wallet.
“What’s this?”
“That’s the bank card. It has our money in it.”
“I don’t see any money…”, as he flips it around to see it from all angles.
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Covid Testing
Dada: we have to do a Covid test on you
Eitan: don’t wanna!
Mama: we have to make sure you don’t have Covid!
Eitan: I have Covid! fake cough
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Dodo’s Origin Story
Eitan: “Dodo came out of my tummy”
Dada: “Is Dodo your baby?”
Eitan: “yuppie”
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Holy Macaroni!
Just a favorite expression.
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A (very) Personal Story
We’ve had a “mama” few weeks, and it’s hard to find a time to myself, even to use the bathroom. Earlier today, Eitan came charging in while I was peeing. I got up to wipe myself and he (of course) noticed the tampon string hanging down. “Why string?” he asked, as I tried to shield myself and he walked along with me to get a better view.
“Well…”, I gave him the simplest, briefest, off-the-cuff explanation I could.
“Hurt?” he wondered.
“No,” I responded, “it doesn’t hurt going in or coming out”.
“How does poop come out?” he asked. Another excellent question!
“It comes out a different hole,” I replied.
“Ok mama,” he said, and then jumped up singing David Melech using the wrong tune. Is it strange that this story makes me happy?
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Eitan’s Humor
For Rosh Hashanah, Papa made an apple challah in the shape of a spiral. When we first saw it, Dada started saying “That looks…”. You could tell he was about to say “amazing” or “delicious”. Instead, Eitan interjected “like a poop!” We all burst out laughing, including Eitan. It kind-of did, but it was also delicious.
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A New Phrase
When Eitan first started school, he came home saying “so much for that idea” A LOT. We wondered what made the teachers say that!
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The little old lady
We were reading Goodnight Moon to Eitan during cozy time, before bed. Rich got to the part “and the little old lady”, and then took a breath. Eitan interjected “from Pasadena”.
We all got a good laugh.
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Truly, a wonder
We have started reading the Mercy Watson books to Eitan, and he seems to like them. Backstory: Mercy Watson is a pig. Her owners treat her as a child and frequently call her a porcine wonder. I explained to Eitan that “porcine” means “pig” but something didn’t sink in.
A couple weeks after this conversation, Eitan turns to Dodo and says “Dodo, you [are a] porcine wonder.”
Papa: “No, more like an ursine wonder!”
Eitan then insisted that Dodo truly was a porcine wonder.
Clearly, he understood the sentiment, if not the actual words.