Eli and I were driving home from toddler preschool. We pull into the garage, then gather our things, like Eli’s lunch container, school notices, etc. Eli asks if I have my keys and my phone. I assure him that I do. Eli then says “Mommy, I want a phone too. I want to go to [...]

Eli and I were driving home from his toddler pre-school, taking the on-ramp to the highway. Getting on is a little tricky because there are am abundance of potholes there. It’s like playing in an obstacle course trying not to knock out the cones. I told Eli they (the city)  need to fix the roads. [...]

In Eli’s younger years (when he was half as old as he is now), he used to love playing in the bathroom. He was so infatuated with the tub and turning on the faucet in the tub. When he just learned to walk and went wandering, I always knew where to find him. Now, his [...]

Eli wanted to open a can of corn kernels today. He likes to eat corn out of a can, something he learned from his Vietnamese grandma. Together, me holding his hand, we turned the can opener to open the can. As we turn the opener, Eli says “you’re doing a good job”.  A little later, [...]

Today Eli wanted to open some new packages of leap pad books. The books are packed in tamper proof plastic. I told Eli we needed scissors to open the books. He ran to the living room to grab his scissors to cut the plastic and the proceeded to cut the plastic. After a short attempt, [...]

Eli’s 2 year old vocabulary is exploding day by day. Yesterday he wanted to go up the stairs in our house. He said “Mommy, wanna go up the stairs Mommy.” I responded by saying, “In a minute Eli”. His response was, “whatever you want Mommy”.  Apparently he has heard Daddy say to him “whatever you [...]

Eli had a very bad cold the last few days and we wanted to make sure he kept warm. He has outgrown his coat, so we put on a “new coat” he received as a hand-me-down from his cousin Ari. After Eli put it on, I complimented him on how handsome he looked in his [...]

When we get a call (on our land line), and it is from some non profit such as the Alzheimer’s Association or from an 800 number, we don’t answer it. Eli always wants to answer the phone, so instead of answering it, we tell Eli that it’s a call for Bob. Bob is our neighbor, [...]

To store clean, unfolded laundry of course.

Eli (and I were looking for batteries for an old camera, the kind that uses film. Remember those days when had to put a roll of film in the camera. The camera looks so big compared to today’s digital cameras. We couldn’t find any batteries that would fit in the camera. Eli remembered that we [...]