As a Livejournal-er that is.  Turns out a blog I used to read all the time was written by one of the Playgroup moms so we've exchanged links and she may stop by here at any point.  Loud Baby was much less loud today but still fell asleep in my arms as opposed to the crib.  She lasted much longer in the crib before she made the transition from the I-don't-wanna-sleep crying to the I-hate-this-how...

...on either Monday or Tuesday nights.  No one has responded to my offer in response to a request for suggestions of places we could meet with wi-fi access (the original plan was a restaurant). Playgroup re-starts tomorrow.  Immediately after that I have an appointment at a new fertility clinic.  The store where I buy the food for Playgroup is closed for the next few weeks.  It was the only reasonable...

We sure had fun learning about Chanuka! We learned the story of Chanuka. We learned about Antiyochus, the mean king of the Yevanim and how he didn't want the Jews to do mitzvos! He didn't want the Jews...paper menorah. We read special chanuka books and listened to special chanuka music. We reviewed the brachos that we make on lighting the chanuka menora and practiced them a lot. Pictures iy'h soon

...kids things they are completely capable of understanding. The kids also likes coloring and I figured, why not see if he could make the letters M, U, and L (the first initials of the kids in my playgroup). I drew dots and had him and the other kids connect the dots to make M, U, and L. They did it superbly! Moo has so much fun running up to anything and everything with a letter and pointing...

Cliona's birthday party at our playgroup.

...this way I was able to get the space for them at no charge. Since we had the place to ourselves I was able to join in and I liked them so much I'm looking at doing their training session in January. Playgroup attendance has dropped. It should pick up once the H1N1 fears settle down. I'm having such a great time with them and it's been really relaxed lately. Yay for the plague! I had my first drop...

Lech Lecha has been a fun parsha to teach. I taught the kids all about Avram and his discovery of Hashem. I read them the book called “A Little Boy Named Avram” by Dina Rosenfeld. I'd had that book when...Hashem's brachos to Avram about having many children because I thought I'd tie that in to the melachim's visit to avraham post bris milah in parshas Vayeira. But more on that next in the vayeira post.

As this week's parsha was about avraham and how he discovered that there was one Hashem, I decided to expand on the concept and start teaching the kids in my playgroup (and moo) about number recognition. I read them the book "Chicka Chicka 1-2-3" which reviews the numbers and then I am teaching the numbers individually. This week we focused on the numbers one and two, being able to identify their...