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Today is Si's half-birthday!

- Favorite words at 18 months: down, up, cow, horse, goat, Abba, Rosie (for Ring around the Rosie), pat pat (for petting), hold, nope, hop pop (a favorite book, Hop on Pop), cereal, cookie, Opa! (a general exclamation we have borrowed from Israeli kids), cup, hot, cold, book, sit, phone, talk, duck, moon, happy, car, bed, wovey (lovey), pastor (pacifier), cwistol (Crystal), Amy, Sasa (Savta Pam), Mima, Papa, gama (grandma), no, peas (please), hold on!, ride (as she tries to climb onto the four-wheeler), ball, block, circle, star, baby, bear...and many others!

- While I was sweeping the other day, Si ran to me shouting, "Help! Help!". Then she handed me the dust pan, completely unprompted.

- When I am in the kitchen, Si's favorite thing to do is rearrange the pantry and the lazy susan cupboard. Yesterday she found a bag of red potatoes and decided to take a bite. I thought for sure she would spit it out but she ended up chomping on it till she ate a third of it.

- I haven't ran much in my life and I just signed up for a 10k run on Dec. 3rd. Today, while I was "training", I went pass the cows and heard a *plop* and looked over to see a newly born slimy calf. I went to get Lydia and we came back and watched the little guy take his first steps.

- We found out on Monday that Shawn didn't make the short list for a job in a library that we really wanted him to have. Pray we find something for him!