Sevi's Light

I snagged Sevi's new first grade teacher this morning because I
wanted to ask her if they were going to talk in school about the
importance of getting there on time (Sevi is like a cat in the
morning, setting out to look for her brush, but getting distracted by
a scrap of paper on the floor that requires going into the other room
for a pen, and then the next room for a ribbon, which reminds her of
a project she meant to do the day before, and along the way she
decides to change into a different pair of socks....and then five
minutes later in response to "Did you find your brush": "Oh
yeah...") And before I could say much of anything the teacher
interrupted me, since it was the first real conversation we've ever
had, to say, "Sevi's so, so full of light!"

It's true. I'm so grateful that it comes out in school, too, and
that she has a teacher who can see it. I know I'm not telling you
anything you don't know (which is why I can tell you!) - Rebecca
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Hart's right leg/foot

mysteriously injured 3 days ago in the living room when he fell in
the living room (we think) seems almost back to normal. He's walking
again pretty much without complaint and without keeping it lifted
much. Doctor 2 days ago kind of benignly suggested an x-ray, but we
held off, as it didn't seem like a break. It seems even less likely
that it was now. A sprain? Maybe a little swelling the foot but
very hard to tell, and he never was sensitive to touching it.

Old People

>> upon hearing that there is a mother's and a father's day, sevi
>> asked why there wasn't a children's day. i said that people seem
>> to think that every day is children's day. she paused; did not
>> dispute it; then asked, "what about the old people, don't they get
>> a day?" quite right, good idea.

- from Rebecca, a while back 4/27/2005

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Yellow Teeth

A few nights ago, while getting her teeth brushed, Sevi informed me
that mine were yellow. "The better to threaten you with if you don't
brush!"

Spoon Runner

Hart had a spoon-running operation going while I did dishes and mama
and Sevi read "On the Banks of Plum Creek" in her bedroom. Hart
would take a spoon from the dishwasher (after I vetoed forks and
knives) toddle down the hallway with it, offer it to Sugi and Sevi,
then bring it back and put it in the dishwasher, clap, leave the room
for a second, then come back and repeat, sometimes taking more than one.

Day in the Park

Fun time with Gia and Alexander on his 6th bday at Wagner (?) Park on
the water by West St. near the Battery. 2nd year in a row, and Tom
Chapin was there this time, as well as the Klezmatics, and then
Beausoleil.

Hart's questions

For the last month or so, Hart points ALOT and says "ISH?" "IZ?"
"IZ DAT?" a lot, as well as his old standby "DI-POO"

Hart walks for real

Hart started walking, cautiously, but definitively, while we were up
at Camp about 2 weeks ago. The rugged variety of terrains up there
were so challenging that I think they gave him a lot to work with.
Upon returning to Brooklyn he's toddling around on two feet probably
more than crawling and grabbing onto things less and less to support
himself. He's basically got it now.