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.
Category: Thoughts
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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Growing Up
Sometimes, Eitan really surprises us. This was a chat I had during our Dada-son bonding time, aka the minutes after he had been put in his crib, aka the time he should already be sleeping.
Eitan: I want to be a grownup. Like you.
Dada: You’ll get there.
Eitan: When I’m grown up, I want to keep you forever.
Dada: Thanks, buddy. Me, too.
Eitan: And I want to keep Dodo forever.
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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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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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My Little Boy
Dodo has become Eitan’s “little boy”. What does that entail, you ask?
Keep wild animals away.
Make sure Dodo doesn’t get hurt.
Hold Dodo’s hand so he doesn’t run away.
Eitan
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Ball, stop!
After a fantastic round of T-ball, Eitan and Dada played a little catch. When Dada missed the ball, Eitan created a new game. Dada was ejected from the backyard. It was now only Eitan and the ball. Once the ball got rolling, we were treated to this little back and forth:
Eitan: Ball, stop!
Mama: Can it hear you?
Eitan: No. It doesn’t have a mouth.
Life lessons for us all.
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Three Bathrooms
Following construction of one of the recent block homes Eitan likes to build (and subsequently demolish), we were given a tour. The home had one bedroom, one kitchen, and THREE bathrooms. Why three, you may wonder?
One bathroom for pee.
One bathroom for poop.
One bathroom for diarrhea.
Eitan, laughing hysterically
Needless to say, “diarrhea” has become one of Eitan’s new favorite words.
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My First Joke
Today, Eitan told his first joke!
Why did the animal go inside?
To talk!
Eitan
We were sitting in our “tent” – a blanket draped over a set of chairs – when he spurt it out. Eitan proceeded to ask me to tell Dodo jokes, to which I responded with your typical “why did the chicken cross the road?” bit. When that didn’t get any laughs, Eitan tried his hand at comedy for a second time.
Why did the animal go through the wall?
I don’t know.
Eitan
This continued for a while as it seemed more and more likely that his first attempt at spoken humor had been a fluke. That is, until Dada helped him along.
Why did the animal go through the wall?
To talk to the animal coming through the roof!
Eitan & Dada
He continued to repeat that chestnut the rest of the evening.