Hanukkah ready

I’m so excited for Hanukkah. On the way to school I make mommy play the Hanukkah song and the dreidel song over and over and over. There are so many things that I want for Hanukkah. I see them all on TV and say, "I want that." Mommy always says, put it on the list for Hanukkah. I hope I get all of them.

At school with my friends in our snow fort.
I hope we get snow for Hanukkah.

I'm back!

It’s been way too long since I posted. I kept asking Mommy to help and she would say in a couple days. A couple days is a long time. It’s been over two months! I’ve been really busy. I went to temple and learned the new year song. Mommy and me still sing it. Mommy says it's stuck in her head. I keep looking for it but don’t see it. Nana went home to Florida. I miss her a lot. Sometimes I go and play in her room. Oh, I turned three! All my friends came over and we went on the Tumblebus and had bagels and cookie cake. I got lots of presents. My favorites are my clubhouse and my light-up seal pillow. I sleep with it every night. I was Marshall for Halloween. I got a lot of candy but Daddy took it away. Sethy keeps getting bigger. I really like holding him and helping with his “buttons” and getting him his paci. He goes to the same school I go to, but I’m now in Preschool 2 and he is in the baby room. I don’t get to see him, but I like to wave when I pass his room. Sometimes I get in trouble at school for not listening. They make me sit by myself for a time out. I don’t like that. I’ve gotten good at zippering my own coat. Mommy says my fingers are silly because they like to stick together and not go into each spot of my gloves. Silly fingers! It snowed for the first time today so I needed them! 

Another visit to the dentist. This one
had a TV on the ceiling.

We visited Lauren for her birthday.
We have the same birthday month.

Cupcakes at school for my birthday.

Having a bagel at my birthday party.

M&Ms are my favorite candy.

Welcome to my clubhouse. Come inside,
oh come inside.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
I'm thankful for my family.

Me and Sethy. I'm a big sister. He is little.

Hello New Jersey!

Happy birthday America! We celebrated with aunt Eleanor and uncle Stanley in New Jersey. I kept forgetting uncle Stanley's name so I called him Joe. He thought it was funny. Papa Bob came with us and we had so much fun going swimming, seeing fireworks, helping aunt Eleanor in the kitchen, oh, and I got a Shrek doll. I didn't put him down all weekend. He's my buddy. I sure hope we can go back again.



Chatting with Aunt Eleanor poolside.

Just lounging.



Waiting for the fireworks to go boom, boom.

On a sugar high!

Look at me, look at me!

No fear, I climbed all the way up by myself.

It is scary coming down! Help!

At the sculpture garden.

Daddy's day #2

Happy Daddy's Day to the best daddy in the whole world. Look what I made for him!

 

We're buddies!

Lollipop lover

Valentine's day is becoming my favorite holiday. I got even more presents today. Thanks Nana and Poppi! I didn't even have to get dressed up in some silly outfit. Remember when mommy used to make me do that. I have not forgotten that mommy. Just like I have not forgotten that daddy got stuck in the pit, mommy bumped her head sledding and Vera eat my cookie. I don't forget.

Lollipops!!!!

Valentine card haul

We celebrated Valentine's day at school today. I gave out SpongeBob cards with lollipops to all my friends and teachers. I even gave one to myself because I love lollipops. He he he. Check out how many Valentines I got. One, two, three, four. One was from Rafael. It said "for my playing partner." I think he has a crush on me.

Check out all my cards.

Bring on 2016

Happy New Year!!! We celebrated by going to two parties today and in just two hours it will be 2016. Here are my resolutions for next year: Use the potty more, and not just to sit, but to really poop; eat less paint; grow tall enough to pedal my bike by myself; and learn to like characters in costume. See you in the new year :)

Tree time

I only thought trees were outdoors, but my friends Vivianna and Lucia have a tree in their house. Today they let me help them decorate it. We put on bears and balls and a monster and red beads and this silver shiny stuff. It was so fun. Did you know baby brothers go on top of the tree? It's true, that's what they did with their baby brother, Gabriel. Well, they didn't leave him up there long, because he was crying. He gets sad. I kept asking why is the baby sad, but no one knew. I think he was sad he couldn't help decorate. It's OK. Don't be sad Gabriel.

Look what we made.

Present etiquette lesson

It's Hanukkah--Yay!!! I get presents and we light candles and sing songs. Whenever I see candles I sing happy birthday mommy. (He he he). But Hanukkah is different than birthdays because you don't get to blow the candles out. And, we don't have any cake. But there are lots of presents. I'm careful opening each one. You should always say "ohh, ahh" as you open a gift, even if you don't want it. That's just being polite (that means nice). When you don't want something, you just give it back and say, "Lexi no want this. Nother one." It works everytime.

Happy Hanukkah everyone!

Lighting the first candle. 

Ohhh, ahhh. It's Doc McStuffins!

Turkey trotters

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! To celebrate, we raced with turkeys this morning. I like to race. Daddy runs pretty fast and it is fun to watch all the people. I spend most of the race asking, Where's Mommy?" She is fast and always finishes first. I like seeing her cheer us on at the finish line. But the best, best part of the race is always the end when we get snacks. Today I got "cake" and a banana. I was so excited I pooped my pants.

Across the finish line we go!

After you run you get snacks. That's the best part.

Holiday wish list

Hanukkah is coming up and I know what I want. I want a dog and two brothers. My friend Vera has a brother, and Leah has a brother, so I want two brothers. I told Mommy and she laughed at me. I'm not being silly mommy. I'm serious. You should go shopping. A dog and two brothers. Now go!

But I NEED a dog!

Fishy Halloween

I had the best time trick-or-treating with Bonnie and David. I was good and only took one piece of candy at each house, but David kept taking two or three! We were so cute, no one seemed to mind. I kept looking for lollipops and managed to collect four. They were delicious! Oh, and I loved my new fishy costume.

My fish face.

What? Fishes don't use pacis?

A fish and a dog walking down the street.

My trick-or-treating buddy.

Our first stop.

Hurry up, fishy. We got candy to get.

Halloween take 2

Since I didn't like the octopus costume, mommy dressed me as a boxer for a Halloween party today. I was the 2015 World Champion Whiner. (Mommy thinks she is so funny.) I liked this costume a little better, but those gloves sure are heavy and the belt was bulky. Once I took those off, people didn't know what I was anymore and I just looked silly. We might have to try something else for real Halloween.

My right hook is killer.

You want a piece of this?

Holiday bubble trouble

Happy Jewish New Year! I can't wait to have my friends come over and eat at my special table for dinner tonight. I've already decided that I'm going to sit in the purple chair. I'm going to sit here all morning and save it. "Lexi chair." It also lets me plan. Do you see that gumball machine back there? Mommy doesn't know I know what it is. I haven't tried to play with it in a while. I'm tricking mommy. I know it has really yummy stuff in there. Can I tell you a secret? David and I are going to eat the gumballs. We're going to wait until all the mommies and daddies are busy talking and then turn and eat, turn and eat, turn and eat. You won't tell anyone of them, right? It will be the best new years ever!

Warming up my seat. Can you please pass
the matzo balls?!

Happy America

We celebrated America's birthday today by going to my first amusement park. I liked the rides that went round and round, but not the one that went up and down. Oh, and I really didn't like having to wait in the rides for them to start. I didn't mind waiting in line to get on, but once I get on a ride, I want it to start right away. It always seems to take soooo long for everyone to get on and get buckled in. I get bored waiting and then just want to get up and leave. We stayed at the park long enough for me to see my first fireworks. They are these really big bursts of light. They are very pretty, but also very LOUD, and I don't like loud noises.

First ride!

Whoa! Fireworks!!

I don't want to wait, let's go.

Hookie and Growls Galore

Now that I'm writing again, I have a lot to catch you up on. My friend Yael taught me how to jump on a trampoline! I got my first real face painting. I picked an Elmo in a bathtub--two of my favorite things! I got to go swimming in two different pools, one time with floaties and one time without! Without floaties is so much better. I got my first tricycle, but I couldn't reach both pedals, even with mommy taping sponges to the pedals to make the space between the pedals and my legs smaller. Guess I'll have to wait to grow a little bit. Mommy and I played hookie (that means didn't go to work or school) last Friday. Instead we went to the children's museum and walked around Boston and went on a merry-go-round and played in sprinklers and eat yummy North End cookies. It was the best day ever!! Then on Sunday we celebrated Daddy's Day. Have I told you I have the best daddy in the world? He taught me how to do knuckles and how to swim and I love when he tries to scare me by growling. It doesn't scare me. It makes me laugh. That's why I started saying "Daddy so silly." I love you daddy!!! Extra hugs and wet kisses coming your way.

Weeee!

Stop taking my pool toys!

Playing on the Greenway.

Face painting success!

Face painting is exhausting stuff.

Bad daddy

Daddy didn't give me advance warning that it was Mother's Day today so I didn't have anything special for mommy. Bad daddy. I need time to plan! Geesh! I hope mommy isn't too sad. I'll have to think about how to make it up to her. Hmmm.

Feeling sad about not knowing about Mother's Day. 

To grandma's house we go

Weeee! We went on a plane today. That would have been exciting enough, it is Passover and all, but guess who met us when we landed. Go ahead, guess? NANA AND POPPY!!

Nana, can we go on the spinny bag thing?