Big Mak

Big Mak is a year and eight months as of January 29th.  He claps for himself when he succeeds at something new and cheers himself on.   He can say a few words now:  "this, that, dad, juice, apple, more"  and from what Russian's have told me, he can speak Russian.   He communicated with a little Russian girl at the playground.  The grandmother was surprised I didn't speak Russian since he was pronouncing some of the words well.  Words such as "ana" (means she, i thought he wanted a banana),  "da" (yes in russian) --apparently the little girl was asking him a question and he responded with "da", and the word "ty" which is "you"--he wanted her to go down the slide first.  What a gentleman.


He absolutely ADORES daddy time!  He copies dad when he's home and we are out and about.  He stands next to dad, watches his mannerisms,  facial expressions, the way he walks, and when dad is in the bathroom fixing his hair, guess who pushes his hair the same way. 

Shilav store playground.

Old Jaffa lookout. 

He dances to Weezer, but only the intro to Beverley Hills,  loves eating empanadas filled with chickpeas (they are actually really good),  putting sand on Pali, and helping mom cook and bake.  He also enjoys going to the organic market daily with mom and Pali.  Everyone knows him and calls him "Kai".  He is starting to be adventurous with his food.  He tends to pick up one of each fruit and vegetable which is within reach and trying them on the spot.  If he doesn't like it, he puts it back in the bin.  Yesterday evening he decided to try a fresh lima bean.  You can imagine how quickly that left his mouth.  When we reached the check out counter the cashier asked if the lima bean was ours.   Yes.  Only one lima bean?  Yes, only one.  What do you use one lima bean for?  Nothing.  He tried to eat it but decided he didn't like it.  He also likes to carry mom's basket for her and grunts the whole time. 

Here are a few videos and a link to photos of Makai.   ISRAEL: 01/11