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Isaac has learned how to push buttons and make music. Dad’s old Casio keyboard is just the tool to make it happen. Add some bobs, weaves, bounces, and a smooth head glide or two and it’s a full jam session.

Babi Bronia (Miriam’s mom) gave Isaac a book of Czech nursery rhymes illustrated by Josef Lada. To know how they should be pronounced she recorded some videos. Enjoy these crazy stories and excellent narration. The book is entitled “Rikadla,” which Google translates as “rhymes.”

Sheep herder and golden-horned ram

The dog and his game warden

Vasek is the tuba boy

Tony puts his girlfriend behind the chimney

Chimney-sweep dances with torn-coat lady

Kate gives kolach to a hiking rabbit

Bare-footed Pavel

Red and green cereal hats

Karlik don’t get no cream

Hardworking mole and sysel

Grandma grates apples on the stove

Isaac is bulding his office-assistant skills and saving his mother the agonizing labor of removing pages from the printer. What a nice guy.

There’s something about Hotwheels that makes a little boy’s eyes light up. But when his mom teaches him how to crash the cars and add sound effects, that’s entertainment.

We’re dipping into the picture archives to bring you all the action from Miles’ visit earlier this year: blue-berry picking, glider chair gliding, and hammock swing swinging. Photo credits for this set go to Anna and Matt.

The little man is building some leg muscle tone.