Last week I had a good laugh: I came home from work  as my daughter was eating her dessert – an ice cream cone. I said “An ice cream? You’re lucky!” To which she replied: “Yes, I’m lucky that Daddy hasn’t eaten them all!”

Yesterday morning, my little girl made me laugh. She took my arm, looked at my watch (upside down) and declared “C’est l’heure pour chocolat.” (It’s time for chocolate.) Of course I had to share that story with my mom. So when we called her last night for a little chat, with the loudspeaker on so […]

Ein paar Tage, bevor wir zur Oma fuhren, wollte ich unsere Tochter darauf einstimmen und ihr erzählen, dass wir frühmorgens zum Bahnhof fahren, dann erst einen und danach einen anderen Zug nehmen, und dass die Oma uns am Bahnhof abholt. Ich habe also angefangen: “Donnerstagmorgen nehmen wir unsere Koffer und-” Sie: “Et les fraises!” Ich […]

The other day, I showed my little girl some photos of a newborn calf a friend had sent me: Her reaction: “Oh, c’est mignon !” Her reaction: “Pirate !”

We’re entering the stage of the strange/funny statements. Here’s what our little girl said today (the photo is from January though): It left us ??? If you have an explanation, I’d love to hear it.

Entre la maison et le square, il y a un lycée avec un beau portail. Pour des raisons que j’ignore, ma fille adore monter les trois marches, se positionner, et tenir un discours. L’autre jour, j’avais pris l’appareil photo pour aller au square, et j’en ai profité au retour pour capter son ou plutôt ses […]

Just a fun moment from this morning: Like every morning, my girl and I ride the bus one stop on our way to the nanny’s. Like every morning, I tell her “Wir steigen gleich aus” (“we’ll get off the bus in a moment”) as the bus approaches the bus stop. Like every morning, she gets […]

I thought it was good fun to introduce my little girl to Pippi Longstocking. Even more so when I discovered there’s a new illustrated editon with the most lovely pictures. Nostalgic as I am, they made me ditch my old copy with the black-and-white drawings. (Besides, the new one has the new German spelling and […]

Yesterday my little girl (16 months and counting) showed her caregiver just how good her comprehension is already: Both she and the other little girl (J, 12 months) at the caregiver’s were eating a piece of bread. That is, my girl had already finished hers and was eyeing that of little J. More than eyeing […]