A mother's anticipation of how dinner will get on the table is: Rebbi Nachman: hopeful Rav Kook: an evolving process Lubavitcher rebbe: a shlichus Novardok: non-existent The Rav: a synthesis Rashbam: the way of the world Baal Shem Tov: miraculous

Through fits of laughter, he insists on reading it out loud Fri afternoon. I block my ears and insist on saving it for a quiet Shabbos moment as my Oneg Shabbos. No shalom bayis course prepared us for the tensions surrounding Dovid Bashevkin's Mishpacha column. David/Dovid Bashevkin

I wonder if you try really hard you could find a fish head that's not mehadrin.

I wasn't planning on having the cigarette talk yet but since it came up in Chaim's first grade vocab worksheet...

4 year old in bath: The water is soaking hot!

Seems like I got a really great deal... Judaica stores never really excelled in marketing.

No greater let down than getting an email from a friend you haven't been in touch with in a while, only to realize it's spam.

1st grader came home telling me all about Yat Kislev. What a well-rounded education (except for literacy, social studies, and science)

Should I be concerned about how proud 1.5 y/o's Morah is that he's finally learning to hit kids back? I thought we teach kids not to hit.

Why does men unpacking their bags mean dumping all their clean clothing into the laundry basket?

1.5y/o son begging for... a ponytail. After all, all the cool kids at daycare have it.Toddler peer pressure in Shaalvim. #ToddlerNeoChasidus

Pre-Pesach shopping at Osher Ad. Toddlers for sale.

Why it's Important to live in heterogeneous area: who else could I find to babysit on yom haatzmaut night if not for my chareidi neighbors?

I was quite pleased with my car-ride music selection when one of my trempers started singing along.

Does anyone proofread before sending an item to commercial mass production?

"I hear that" is what people say when they're not listening.

Daughter got this prize in Gan for being mevater like rachel imeinu.

What does it say about my internet company that they only accept documents via fax?

2 y/o doesn't want to say mezonot on cookie. He wants to say... Hamavdil bein kodesh l'chol. Tssssss. NeoHassidic at the age of 2.

Highlight of my day: seeing tape recorders sold in regular kiryat Sefer electronics store #vintage #frum