Archive for March, 2006
Wednesday, March 29th, 2006
A big mama cheer!
E’s sitting!!! All by herself!! Hurray for E!
I’m very excited! Being the second child she only receives half the attention (if not less, as M is very time consuming) and I was starting to worry about her being a little on the slow side as I’m not nurturing her the same way we did with [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in English, chit-chat, kids by franzie
Tuesday, March 21st, 2006
The End of an Era
I’m mourning the end of an era … but I suppose that usually means the start of something new, which might be just as exciting (if not better), but right now I’m feeling grouchy!
Ever since the birth of our first daughter my husband has been making a huge effort to make German our ‘home language’. [...]
13 Comments » - Posted in English, bilingualism, kids by franzie
Saturday, March 18th, 2006
Baby Sign
Our little E has started solids and we’re entering the jungle of baby emotions. As she starts squeeling and pulling faces the helpless parents wonder:
“Is she full?”
“Does she want some more?”
“Would she maybe like a drink?”
“How do I know?”
I remember that this was the time that we started to teach our first daughter sign language [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in English, kids by franzie
Thursday, March 16th, 2006
Next, please!
I love books!
You might have already noticed that, if you’ve read my previous posts books, glorious books!, endlich auch mal auf Deutsch (finally in German) or books that Mim enjoyed.
Thanks to my breast feeding, and incredibly distracted, baby I get to read a lot these days. When I feed E I’m not allowed to talk, [...]
15 Comments » - Posted in English, books by franzie
Tuesday, March 14th, 2006
here’s one for the record!!
I was spontaneous today! Yaeh for me!
Eveybody who knows me well knows how trying to do anything a little out of the ordinary with me is such a pain in the b… cause I just can’t handle it. I’m absolutely not spontaneous. Actually this statement isn’t quite true, I did manage to be spontanous at [...]
