Kids Say
Thanks,
Elizabeth Applebaum
AppleTree Editor
Children in the kindergarten at Temple Israe
have a lot to say about what makes their
fathers so creat.
Bloomfield: "My father plays with
me. We play a lot with cars. Noth-
ing else. Oh, he cooks, too. He
cooks hot dogs and they are
yummy. Yuuuuuuummmm!"
ERIC BLOOM, 5,
of West Bloomfield:
"My dad plays with
me. We play foot-
ball. He's nice."
Editor's Note: Special thanks to Bryna Leib, director of the Temple Israel
nursery and kindergarten, and teachers Donna Brennan and Jodie Kanagur.
SAM KIRSCHBAUM, 5, of West
Bloomfield: "My dad likes ice skat-
ing with me and he
gets me presents,
like animals. Not
real ones! Stuffed
ones. My favorite
stuffed toy is a
wolf. I'm still think-
ing of a name for
him."
IVAN SPIZIZEN, 5, of Franklin:
SARAH KLEIN,
SHELBY
BRUSELOFF, 6,
of West Bloom-
field: "I like my
dad because he
takes us to get
toys. Nintendo is
my favorite. And
sometimes he lets me stay up until
it's 111"
KELSEY WAL-
TON, 5, of
Waterford: "Some-
1 times my dad says
prayers with me."
DAVID KOLE, 6,
of West Bloom-
field: "I love my
daddy. He cooks
us
hot
RYAN BRODE,
6, of West Bloom-.
field: "My Dad
buys me tons of
toys. I have a
favorite toy, Nin-
tendo."
'dogs. I like mine
with ketchup."
1 ALEX ROSEN-
I BERG, 5, of West
5, of West Bloom-
! field: "My dad is
REALLY funny. We
play roll the ball. I
have a little broth-
er, too, and he's nice. We wrestle
together. And that's it."
EITAN KALMOWITZ, "I'm some-
where between
51/2 and 53/4," of
West Bloomfield:
"Well, what
makes my father a
really good dad is
that on weekends
we go out togeth-
er and he gets me frozen Cokes and
treats. He even says prayers with me,
like here at synagogue."
"My father is a
really good dad.
He buys me all
these games. My
favorites are Poke-
' mon pinball and
1 Pokemon trading
cards. I'm an
expert on Pokemon. I have 151
cards and I know 250 of the sil-
ver and gold."
MATTHEW
DUMOND, 51/2,
of West Bloomfield:
"My dad brings me
toys. And let me tell
you all the Pokemon
cards I know [Editor's note: he pro-
ceeds to name about 50 different
cards]. My dad plays with me, too."
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• Dave Roberts, former pitcher for the Tigers,
Padres and others
• Jerry Orbach of Law and Order
• Actress Barbara Bach, who is Mrs. Ringo Starr
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Actor Sean Penn
The Band's guitarist Robbie Robertson
Actor Adam Goldberg
Actor Corey Feldman
Actor David Duchovny
Former New York Mets catcher Greg Goosen
Actress Jane Seymour
Guns-N-Roses guitarist Slash
• San Francisco Sen. Dianne Feinstein
• Actor Jon Favreau
• Washington Post Editor Katherine Graham
• Actor Kevin Kline and his wife, actress
Phoebe Cates
• Ron Popeil, Mr. Infomercial (hey, check out that
spray stuff for your bald spot ...)
• Actor Tommy Rettig, best known for his role
as "Jeff" on Lassie
• Actress Gwyneth Paltrow
• Comedian Bobby Slayton
• Actor Robert Downey Jr.
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