Starting off with Eden's birthday party at gan (no need to post pics here if I can link to facebook), followed by a really enjoyable shabbat with Ben's family, including our new niece Hila. The party was wonderfully un-pagan, unlike last years where all the little 3-year olds worshiped the cake god and the birthday goddess granted favors to techno music and black light. I guess that doesn't exactly happen in a Shas gan. Also, it was nice that they do it in pairs, and we had our birthday party with Eden's friend Talia. Talia's mom is one of those wonderful people who has everything planned and worked out perfectly way in advance, and volunteered to buy everything. All I did for the party at all was contribute 1/2 the expense. (I used to think I was a mom like that, but have since grown to know better.)
Some sweet, short, and funny Eden-isms:
- When we did the Mommy-Eden birthday dance at gan together, and Eden presented me with a big red heart, Eden had an urgent secret for me. She whispered in my ear, "I love you, Mommy" (!!).
- There is a man in our neighborhood with a big bushy beard and a big head of white hair. We sometimes see him walking with his dog. Ben has told Eden alternately that it is Eliyahu Hanavi, or the Old Man of the Mountain. Thursday afternoon, we saw him on the way home from the park, and Eden of course called out and pointed, "Look Mommy! Its Eliyahu Hanavi! And his dog!"
- We spent the entire day yesterday at Ben's parents. Our fuse blew, and there was nothing we could do on Shabbat. I'm not going to go into the details because it only contributed to the day in that we had no heat and decided that it would be more fun to stay there for the entire day. Which it was. When we got home at the end of the very very very long day, we sat down to read Super Completely and Totally the Messiest, by Judith Viorst. (Hint: We LOVE Judith Viorst.) I told Eden what a big girl she had been, how great she had been with Hila, and how proud of her I was. Her brow was furrowed, and I asked her what was on her mind. She said she was thinking of Mommy and Daddy, and how we totally and completely and "all de time" love her very much. That was just the best end to the day. I love her little Sabra accented "all de time".
- When my friend asked Eden whether she thought the baby was a boy or a girl, she said its a girl. My friend said, "Really, you think so?" And Eden said, "I don't think. It's a girl." Is she psychic? Clairvoyant? We'll find out in just a couple weeks when we have a big ultrasound scan. I'll probably leak it here. Stay tuned.
- Eden can now put her hair in a ponytail all by herself! And clips in the side to keep her grown out bangs back. I am truly amazed.
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