"I'm fine"

If you ask AlteLu a question, like, "do you want some broccoli?" or"should we cut your nails?" as opposed to saying. "No," she'll say, "I'm fine."  It's hilarious.  And she freely gives away "Yes, please" and "No, thank you" as her responses to other questions.  It's amazing!  AlteLu is enjoying Clifford books, especially one about Dr. Smart, who she calls Dr. Fart (Hersh thinks this is hilarious!)  The girl loves a good birthday party and her favorite song is currently "Yellow Submarine."  She is pure, delicious joy.
Hersh started soccer today with a group of kids from JPDS and he had a really good time!  The coaches were nice, and he did pretty well in the scrimmage.  He is super into Legos and his reading is coming along.  The biggest challenge is that he second guesses himself.  He is such a good person.  I took him to Walmart to look at Halloween stuff.  After much contemplation he decided that many of the costumes were too violent, and even the super hero and Lego tshirts, which I thought he would want, were in the end, too violent.  I am often impressed with him, but this experience was amazing. I did buy him a 50 cent can of ginger ale. He is also thinking about vegetarianism, and if we are reading something he will comment, "that's not a good way for them to get food" if they kill an animal.  On a less serious note, we are watching, "The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," for a second year in a row, and if anyone burps or passes gas, Hersh is quick to giggle and share a reminder of "excuse me."