As we played ball in the courtyard last night Simon began to use Daddy and "Mat Hew" interchangeably. We'd report a sentence but there were so many mixed with filler Simonese. There was talk of falling down and not falling down and rocks and doors and bikes and sirens.

As he was being put to bed last night he requested "hot coffee?" When his request was denied, he changed his approach, "cold coffee?" He got milk and went to sleep lamenting in his sad voice, "hot coffee...."

He woke up this morning asking for "cookies?!" We made brownies together last night and put them in the oven just before he went to bed. He has been having trouble letting Hava leave for work in the morning, asking for another hug or to play. This morning he saw Hava take off with the large bag of brownies and was even more upset. Mama has taken off for the day to play and eat "cookies" all by herself. If only he knew how much she wanted to stay and eat "cookies" with him.