I don't feel like writing about Avi and Neev just because my blog is named after them. My days are filled with so many of their expressions, conversations and also frustrations that I fear them getting lost in tomorrow's time if I did not share them, if I did not record them.
Avi at 4 continues to be my source of pride , my sense of accomplishment . He loves his preschool, loves to draw and is beginning to read and write. His latest obsession is his lego table and blocks. His imagination is quite wild, reflecting in his creations of designs of cars and buildings that I think can only exist in future :) He is also going thru' the stage where he loves to have conversations with grown-ups other than Mommy and Daddy. In play ground, I can never have the pleasure of chatting with other moms, partly because of chasing after Neev and partly because Avi would want to tell his stories by ,"excuse me mom but if you have finished talking, can I please tell her about ..........". Oh yeah, he uses polite words - excuse me and please, only thing he does not understand how interrupting itself can be rude even when he is using the expressions 'excuse me' . We've had many conversations about this and his questions is always 'but I said excuse me and please' .
This morning he insisted on carrying his toy batman and missile launcher (its quite big in size and not an outdoor toy really) outside and I made it clear that I was not going to carry it for him in my bag if he got tired of holding it. Few minutes later in his attempt to manage the unwieldy toys in both his hands , it slipped and fell. Its an expensive toy and I have all the intentions to pass it to Neev in one piece. I forgot what I said about not carrying it and offered to help. He quickly agreed, adding, I thought you said you won't have have any space in the bag to carry it but if you'd like to...sure...! I am sure I could have come up with something to say to him, instead I just smiled and enjoyed as one of many tickling things children say.
Neev is almost 2 but it seems to us that he is always going to be our 'baby'. Luckily for me, both my boys are not stingy in doling out hugs and kisses and Neev has this special squeezy hug when he feels extra lovey dovey. I tell you there is just no feeling compared to that one. I wonder how long he is going to hold on to that. I know that I will....forever ! He is still not as much interested in playing with toys as running outside and exploring. He is still clingy and wants 'uppy' all the times. Usually I am not the one to complain except around dinner time :). He sings and dances and knows so many nursery rhymes it amazes me. He is starting to put the words together and the ones he likes to say all the times -'lets go out' and 'lets go pool'.
Both brothers love spending time with each other. Usually Avi is very protective of Neev and does not like it that I am starting to explain the concept of 'time -out ' to Neev. On the other hand I often catch him saying to Neev, 'Neev, if you don't leave my pick-up truck alone, I will put you in time-out' :).
