Bee sting

Avi got stung by a bee today. Pretty traumatic for him, though not actually a bad reaction at all.

Where did August go?

To three teeth for Ezra (wouldn't be surprised if the fourth comes in before the end of the month), to time with cousins (near and far), to our first ever Camp Chaverim at TBI run by yours truly, to birthdays and lots of time with Grandma and Grandpas, to fun adventures up I-5 (including the Enchanted Forest) and at the coast, to swimming and drawing (for Noah).
I can't begin to recap it all. There have been so many precious moments that I have meant to write down at the end of the night, but I just haven't had the time to even send a quick email with the day's memorable events. It has been pretty much nonstop since the beginning of august between Avi's birthday party and having Colin here for a week, running up to Seattle and back and the camp at TBI and the family reunion for Great-Papa's birthday.
One favorite moment though was when I was asking Noah about his reflections on the camp. I was asking him if he made new friends or deepened friendships. He mentioned one girl at camp that we have know for a long time, but they haven't spent a lot of time together. He clearly got emotional about his growing friendship with her and said he really liked her a lot but wouldn't want her to know that. I said there's nothing wrong with him enjoying a girl as a friend and there's no reason he couldn't say something to a friend like, "Hey T---, I had fun bring at camp with you!" He didn't seem convinced that it was possible to communicate with her like that. I asked what in particular he enjoyed about her and he responded by saying (very straight-facedly) that he didn't "have words to describe" how he feels about her. Too sweet. May I be so blessed to have him share like that with me in the future and to have him so verklempt about a girl when it matters later on.

The soap opera continues

Avi's love affair with all things liquid and bottled and particularly soapy has continued. Apparently he found the need to experiment with dumping out all the liquid hand soap from the guest bath. This time I was not as upset about the loss of the soap because it wasn't a brand-new purchase. Instead I was upset because rather than dumping it down the sink, he found it more interesting to spread it all over the ottoman in the rumpus room. We didn't actually discover it until this afternoon. He apparently did it last night, so it had plenty of time to soak into the furniture and dry there.

In Ezra news (because lately I think my blog has been focused on dear Avi,) he handed me a book today and sat still long enough for me to read it to him. First time. Moo Baa La La La. Short, but complete. Milestone. I think even Avi put up with a book sooner than 10 months.

And Noah is becoming quite the artist. He is taking a drawing class on Mondays and really improving artistically a lot. Oh and last weekend he had his first sleepover at someone else's house, his friend Jude, who he's known since preschool. They had a great time. Sprinklers, wii sports, Harry Potter 4, breakfast in the UO commons, etc.