The other day, my daughter got this beautiful poster with the numbers from 1 to 20. Ever since we put it up on her door, she’s loved to compare the objects and, of course, count them. On Thursday, we managed to film her:

Do you remember our initial confusion when our little girl referred to her pool noodle as “pâte” in French, where they are called “fries”? This week we were talking about something called (I had to look up the term) “water warts” of which she unfortunately has a few, which are being treated. Since both Daddy […]

Funny that this story coincides with German National Unity Day (today, October 3rd). My daughter and I found a Euro coin on the sidewalk. Usually it’s her who finds money, and it goes into her piggy bank (which is really a cow-y bank, but you might have guessed that). Anyway, she looked at the back […]

Letzte Woche haben wir sehr gelacht: Ich kam von der Arbeit, als unsere Tochter schon beim Nachtisch war. Sie begrüßte mich an der Tür mit einer Eiswaffel in der Hand. Ich: “Ein Eis? Hast du ein Glück!” Sie: “Ja, ma-ya Glück, dass Papa nicht alles Eis aufgegessen!”   Anmerkung: ma-ya ist immer noch ihr Begriff […]

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!”

Yes, my daughter is starting to translate between us now. Here’s what happened tonight: I’d asked her what she’d done in preschool. “Gespielt” (played). “Und was noch?” (And what else?) “Und noch andere Sachen.” (And other things too.) Dad doesn’t understand “andere” and asks what she said. “Rien papa. Je dis à maman, j’ai fait […]

Jedes Mal, wenn wir uns das Bilderbuch “Conni am Strand” angucken, fragt meine Tochter mich, wie die Möwe auf der zweiten Seite heißt. Am Anfang habe ich geantwortet “weiß ich nicht”, aber die Frage kam beim nächsten Mal natürlich wieder. So habe ich, unter Berufung auf die traumhaft illustrierten Emma & Max-Bücher von Marlies Kahlsdorf, […]

Our girl is in school now. Her first day was quite memorable in that, as we were early and waiting at the door, she knocked on it and called “Lehrer, aufmachen!” (Teacher, open up!) When I asked her after her first (very short) day what her teacher had said, she told me “alle hinsetzen” (sit […]

Last night, the three of us were sitting together when our daughter started asking me a question: “Pourqu- Warum…?” That was not the first time in recent weeks that I noted her switching languages when addressing herself first to one, then to the other parent. Sometimes she will even repeat the same sentence to each […]

We both noticed recently that our little girl (3 years 3 months) builds her mixed sentences with the verb at the end. So while French vocabulary is dominant, in grammar, German seems to rule. Interesting, isn’t it? An example from tonight: Moi veux lieber à la salon dormir. (Notice also that she still uses “la” […]