Weddings

We're going to a wedding tomorrow, and Hannah is beside herself with joy. She loves weddings. She has since she was pretty young. Today she told me that she was going to do quiet time early tomorrow, since if quiet time ended early, the wedding could start early. She was a bit chagrined to find out that the end time of her quiet time would not affect the wedding timing.

More words of Naomi's

This morning I told Naomi I would need to clip her fingernails.

She replied, "And my feeternails."

Heehee. She meant toenails, but it was pretty descriptive!

Words Naomi uses

When Naomi asks, "Ham I use Hannah's toothbrush?" what she really means is, "May I use Hannah's toothbrush?"

Ham I is Naomi's way of saying May I. I'm not sure where she got it, but I'm glad I finally figured it out a few weeks ago, because I had no idea (for a couple days) what the HECK she was saying.

Fun with food names

Little did I know how amusing making similar-sounding foods within a couple of weeks could be. We've recently had falafel a couple of times, and both girls really like falafel, so that was a success. Tonight for dinner I was making waffles. Let me tell you, it's terribly confusing to try to figure out, when you're 4 and 2, which you're supposed to be saying: falafel or waffle. So I had a falafel iron, I was asked for more syrup for falafels, could I put butter on this falafel, could Hannah have a falafel to take bites of, etc.

And, of course, there was this exchange:

Naomi: What's this, Mommy?

Me: It's a waffle iron.

Naomi: A falafel iron? It bit me.

Killer Whale

...original lyrics by Hannah Bernstein

(overheard this morning)

Killer whale, killer whale,
kill so slow.
Killer whale, killer whale,
kill so fast!

Killer whale, killer whale,
watch the blood!


A bit gory for my taste, but fun to chant repeatedly, apparently.

I couldn't make this stuff up

Naomi: What's that, Mama?

Me: It's a dead bug, Naomi.

Naomi: It bit me.

90 degrees plus

in Seattle means one thing -- we're looking for a cooler activity than yardwork today!

So...we took the ferry to Bainbridge Island this afternoon, got dinner, and came back. It was a beautiful day, and being on the water really cooled us off after a very warm morning spent trying to get a few things accomplished.


Some of us were excited about the ferry ride.


And some of us were EXCITED about it!






Can you see Mt. Rainier?





And both girls were fast asleep within about 5 minutes of getting back in the car. We had a fun time getting out of the house, and Hannah has requested that we go on ferry rides "on a regular basis." "How about we go again tomorrow?"