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Savta: “Where did you get your personality, Eitan?”
Eitan: “I got it at Target.” (age 3)—Leora Nathan
Eitan: “Mommy, be a mitzvah girl and go hang up my towel for me! Thanks!”—Leora Nathan
Me: “There are two pipes in your throat. One is for…” My son (age 3): “Milchigs!”—Aviva Oppenheim
Eddo: “Where’s Daddy?” Me: “He’s picking up the car from the shop.” Eddo: “The car’s too heavy to pick up.” —Marianne Sharp
Me: “That’s a pickup truck in front of us” A toddler girl I once babysat: “But, where’s the handle?” —Sally Johnson
I overheard Ari during play saying: “Would you like cake? Would you like another piece of fuzz on your lips?” I think he was addressing his T-Rex—Jacqueline Novikov
And some jewels from Batya:
About to step into the shower, Batya turns around and declares: “When Tali gets married and moves out with her husband, I get her room and my room becomes a jacuzzi hot tub.” Then she climbed in and closed the curtain.
Batya came home from school to find a sign on our front lawn promoting a local politician for reelection. She thought it was a For Sale sign and ran to her father with glee and joy. “We’re finally moving to Israel?!?!”
