“Worming” around our house means digging for earthworms. When we go over to visit my parent’s house, Mrs. Sayuri and Pop-Pop (my dad) go “worming” in their back yard. She gets so excited when they find one. And surprisingly she giggles with delight when they squirm and squiggle in her hands. She often describes them as “cute”!
She is very protective of them and makes sure that they are not out of the cool soil too long so that they don’t die.
The big ones are “papa” worms, the medium ones are “mamas” and the little ones are most certainly “babies”. One day when she’s a bit older we’ll talk about the specifics of earthworm gender (possessing both male and female reproductive organs at the same time)…might be a bit confusing for a three and a half year old just yet.
I found this great free earthworm lapbook online. I want to do some of the activities with Mrs. Sayuri soon. I drew her a couple images to color of worms since our printer is not working. She loved them and had a blast drawing a bow and dress on the “mommy” worm and a hat and shirt on the “daddy” worm.
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Mrs. Sayuri is beginning to understand that Sabbath is a weekly occurrence and that it’s a very special day. She often wishes it to be Sabbath, when it’s not. One day she asked me if it was Sabbath, and followed her question with the qualifying statement “because it smells like Shabbat”. Curious to hear what her answer might be I replied, “Oh, really? What does Shabbat smell like?”
She informed me that Shabbat smells like grape juice, bread and butter, and pink roses of course! I couldn’t agree more. 
Shabbat Shalom
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Our little princess (Mrs. Sayuri) wears her crown everyday. As soon as she wakes up she makes sure to put on one of her crowns.
Mr. Happy Feet thinks it’s great fun to take her crown off and run away with it… Big sister doesn’t exactly feel the same way!
Half my day could be spent chasing down a little boy with crown in hand.
Princesses must wear their crowns at all times – yes – even while bathing.
Mommy Moment
While riding in the car Mrs. Sayuri asked me, “Mommy, since we are all daughters of YHVH and we are all princesses, how come you never wear your crown?”
Oh, the sweet innocence of childhood! It is such a joy to see that my three year old daughter possesses no qualms about going anywhere and everywhere in her crown and then wonders why I don’t wear one too!
Moments like this warm my heart and remind me how blessed I truly am.
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