Mischief Maker

This past week, Yossi has heard me tell over his most recent adventures to anyone who walks in the door.  i've decided to stop annoying him by repeating them in front of him but i could not resist telling them over just one more time.. you certainly dont need speech in order to be expressive and opinionated. also he's funny as heck and laughs at his own jokes!

1. SLEEPY HEAD-
 In Language Arts class Yossi was very excitedly participating in the story the class was reading.
when they broke into groups to discuss the story Yossi suddenly appeared to doze off.  Due to his medications Yossi sometimes falls asleep in class but the teacher was suspicious so she put a toy in front of him. As soon as the toy came into view, Yossi lifted his head. "Gotcha" said the teacher, "no toy for you, now you have to do some work". Yossi put his head down and again pretended to be sleeping. the teacher told him "it only works if we didnt see you do it but, i KNOW you are pretending"  Yossi picked up his head again and laughed so hard- he was so proud of himself!

2. ON/OFF 
A friend is moving and she gave us some of the toys they are not taking with. She was so excited to get rid of  a play key board because " the sound is soooo annoying"  Yossi pounced on the toys when he saw them but promptly turned off the keyboard when he heard the loud high pitched sounds. ive since turned it on for him several times and he deliberately turns on the sound every time! i think he likes the sound of his own voice better!

3. IN A RUSH
Today Yossi took a trip to the zoo with Chana. from the moment he was strapped into his booster, Yossi impatiently tapped the seat beside him until Chana sat down. He wanted to hurry up and get there to see the animals.

4. ESCAPE ARTIST
 Shabbos day im preparing the salads and Yossi is playing beside me. Dov is sitting on the porch with a sefer next to the open door that let in a wonderful breeze. suddenly i look down next to me and Yossi isnt there anymore. my great outdoor's man crawled out of the kitchen, down the hall, and out the front door to get some fresh air with his Tatti!!! every time he saw me watching he stopped crawling until i went back into the kitchen- not sure if he was trying to sneak away or prepare a suprise, either way i think the hallway is longer than he estimated but he did make it out! usually its fairly simple to corral Yossi with toys, its incredible to see him take initiative and go exploring (is he trying to test my limits?)

5. SO MUCH TO DO
Yossi was playing on the floor after school while i sat on the couch with the laptop printing out his camp applications. He crawled over to me and started to climb on my lap and grab the computer. i tickled him and sent him to go play so he crawled back over to his toy box. 2 minutes later he crawled back over and tried to get on my lap again. i gave him kisses and sent him back to play. he crawled back over to the toys but a few minutes later he crawled back over to me.  i gave up my work with a chuckle and put him beside me to play.. i love that he crawls regularly now without a thought, something that was a huge deal a year ago. its amazing how he can get his point across without saying a word.




6. PLAYING FAVORITES
We were rushing around this morning getting ready for school and work. Yossi was chilling in his kitchen chair.  i opened the fridge to prepare a lunch for yossi and i observed that Chana had made one the previous night. out loud i exclaimed "Chana is that awesome !" (she really is)
Yossi broke out into a brilliant grin and a string of babbling upon hearing those words. he's very attached and so am i, we are so lucky to have chana in our family.



7. SPA SERVICE 
If you sit down in front of Yossi or beside him, he is going to put his legs in your lap. This kid have never met a foot rub he didnt like!


8. IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT
Yossi is always happy and he loves to kick when he is in a cheerful mood. alas, when he kicks in his chair it loosens all of the screws and causes the chair to tip. we are always looking for ways to stop him.  this morning while yossi was kicking, on the spur of the moment i  began to sing 'if you;re happy and you know it kick your feet' .  it was a real hit, and we had a blast. then we got to the second verse ' if you're happy and you know it wave your hands'  lo and behold he stopped kicking and started waving his hands!  so he CAN listen when he WANTS to or when he is MOTIVATED/EXCITED! sounds just like every other kid i know!