Lately I've been trying to drill the English letters with her. SHe's got some of them down pat. For example, "O for Odeliya!"
Shabbat morning aA few weeks ago Odeliya ran into a wall at the corner (the convex kind where there a point). She gave herself a nice gash. We walked around Katzrin. Two nurses at the shul told us stitched were unnecessary, but maybe some glue would be a good idea. We were in touch with 3 doctors, none of which would treat her on Shabbat. The MDA Ambulance crew said we should take her to the hospital to get checked out. They did not really offer to take us. The non-religious paramedic told us that he learned in the Shulchan Aruch that if a girl sustains an injury like this we are permitted to break Shabbat to treat her for aesthetic reasons. This is not permitted for a boy.
A cat took up residence on our porch for a few weeks. She was tame enough and didn't really bother us (she seemed to have come from a home) In fact, she helped us by entertaining the kids. The only condition was that she was not allowed inside. The kids learned to close the screen door and help trap her and take her out when she did manage to get in. They named her "Friendy." One day a small dog was also on the porch and Odeliya was playing with them. They both tried to get inside. Odeliya very sweetly told them they were not allowed. She referred to them as "Friendush" and "Dogush" which is an Israeli term of endearment.
Odeliya continues to be a dancing enthusiast. SHe gets to dance in gan almost every day. During the morning circle time (mifgash) she gets to dance in the middle of the circle and she loves it.
And now another example of Odeliya's amazing imagination:
The other day, while eating breakfast Odeliya suddenly remarked, "Oh no! My baby in my belly is getting all dirty with cereal!" I had just finished davening, was wrapping up my t'fillin, and had several ways to approach this comment. "Don't worry. Isn't your baby eating the cereal?" I asked. "Right," she answered, "My baby is eating it in her bowl." So I acknowledged that Odeliya has a baby in her belly. I didn't realize it already knew how to eat from a bowl.
Recentl my little girl had an actual telephone conversation with my mother. I mena, they actually spoke for a while. When did she get big enough for that?
And yet...
She is still afraid of monsters. Bed time needs to be done with the lights on. When Odeliya wakes up inthe middle of the night she will not let me calm her down and leave. Entire evenings of productivity have been killed by these damned monsters. Odeliya even knows that there are no monsters, and that even if there were they wouldn't be able to hurt her. Hopefully soon she will sleep through the night every night.
Which brings us to toilet training. It's been a long process. Lately we've made a lot of progress and I will not go into details for fear of jinxing it. Really I don't want to embarrass her when she grows up and reads this. Really really I am lazy and wat to end this post.
Next time, Yitzchak, our big little shovav.
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