As has become my wont, I've neglected my annoying mother blogger habits terribly. Julian is now in a very exciting stage of language acquisition (two-word phrases and a rapidly expanding proto-vocabulary) so I should be taking notes all the time, but the sad truth is - I don't, neither online nor offline ( Read more... )

No news on the job thing.

The cold season is beginning so I'm not outside but in here where I can light the fire, or as Julian puts it, "heich" (heiß is German for hot). Cooking is also "heich". His vocabulary is small but beginning to grow - every couple of days, he'll produce a new word. So far, he says "Mama" and "Papa", "Nana" for Grandmother ( Read more... )

After weeks of suffering from sore, swollen gums, Julian got his two lower front teeth at once. Nobody takes me seriously when I tell them this, because they tend to not notice the tiny little incisors, until Julian takes their fingers into his mouth (he still loves to chew on things) and, instead of tough but round gums, they feel sharp little ( Read more... )

Ich sitze auf dem Sofa und creme mir die Hände ein. (*zisssschhhh!*)
Felix kommt vorbei, schaut mir zu und meint dann: "Mama ist fett!"
Jörg, ehrlich entrüstet: "Die Mama ist doch nicht fett!"
Felix meint: "Aber Mamas Hände sind fett!"
Ich lach mich fast kaputt: "Fettig, Felix-Schatz - Mamas Hände sind fettig!"

Felix möchte seine Pfannkuchen mit "Zink und Zucker". XD ( Read more... )

Ich habe zum ersten Mal in meinem Leben selber (!) Kartoffel-Gnocchi gemacht.

Felix bezeichnete das Ergebnis als "Nudelpommes".

(Er hat dann sehr schnell "Jocki" übernommen, aber "Nudelpommes" fand ich irgendwie schöner...)

A conversation that Felix had with me just now:

Felix: Der Erfolg ist das Ergebnis. ("Success is the result.")
Moi: .......?!
Felix: Das hat die Ziege gesagt! ("That's what the goat said!")
Moi: Die Ziege? Kann die Ziege denn sprechen? ("The goat? The goat can talk?")
Felix: Dafür hat die Ziege ja einen Mund! ("That's why the goat has a mouth ( Read more... )

although it's hard to keep track of them since they come on gradually and then suddenly you believe they've always been that way ( Read more... )

... bevor ich die schönen Sprüche mal wieder vergesse ( Read more... )

Another birthday that I did not mention (here on LJ) was that of my dear little boy. Felix turned 2 years old during the Drachenfest. We celebrated after the event, which made enough of an impression that Felix occasionally said Felix hat wieder Geburtstag! ("It's Felix' birthday again!") throughout the following week. He unwrapped his own ( Read more... )