Nuances in a child's language

I said to him, "Don't throw that down from the top of the stairs please.", just as the plastic solider and his paper parachute left his hand.

He replied, "I didn't throw it, I dropped it."

Well, you can't fault him for his logic in thinking he was still doing right.

Nuances.

Just sayin'

The best thing EVER

Just sayin'.

continue relating

Favouritism is a horrible thing.

My father-in-law hated that his younger brother was the favourite and worked very hard to treat all of his kids the same, because he never wanted to be accused of having a favourite child.

It's sad when as an adult you realise that your parents still play favourites.

Sadder still when you have proof that they don't even like you as a person, but put up with you as you are their child. That sucks!

I think when your children grow older, you need to figure out how to relate to them, not as children but as adults. I'm sure this must be hard.

But as I've been thinking about it, I think I will relate to my children all differently because they are very different individuals. I will try and work out what their love language is, and then focus on that as I relate to them.

If their love language is time, then I will spend time with them.
If their love language is affirmation, then I will use my speech to affirm them.
And so on and so forth.

This way none of them will be able to (hopefully) feel that I play favourites. As I will address our relationships in ways that appeal to them.

Just sayin'.

Ahhh maths is useful

Money and toys

Bought the kids a $2 toy from the 'hot dollar' shop.

It has now occupied them for 40 minutes AND they have happily played with it together.



I think it well and truly paid for itself!!

Just sayin'.

Ahhh, so true

Joined a bowling league...

... haven't bowled in years.

Anyone who was paying even the slightest bit of attention could tell!!!!

Brought the age average down by about ........ 25 years.

Nice to feel youthful again though.

Just sayin'.

A scary money spinner

There is some money to be made in this idea: If they made The Ring in 3D ... I think it would be so much scarier - just thinking about it gives me the willies!!

But I'd still go and see it.

Just sayin'.

(PS I'm not going to put a picture with this post. I couldn't bring myself to google-image The Ring - gives me the heebee-geebees!)

Shopping with three kids

Went shopping with the three kids in tow yesterday.

What would usually take me 20 mins - took about an hour.

We all survived.

Let the reader understand.

Just sayin'.

Words to use everyday

chutzpah
Nerve or extreme arrogance. In English, chutzpah often connotes courage or confidence, but among Yiddish speakers, it is not acompliment.

feh!
An expression of disgust or disapproval, representative of the sound of spitting.


kvetsh
In popular English, kvetch means “complain, whine or fret,” but in Yiddish, kvetsh literally means “to press or squeeze,” like a wrong-sized shoe. But it’s also used on Yiddish web pages for “click here."

maven
An expert, often used sarcastically.

Mazel Tov
Literally “good luck,” (well, literally, “good constellation”) but it’s a congratulation for what just happened, not a hopeful wish for what might happen in the future. When someone gets married or has a child or graduates from college, this is what you say to them.

mentsh (or mensch)
An honorable, decent person, an authentic person, a person who helps you when you need help. Can be a man, woman or child.

mishegas
Insanity or craziness. A meshugener is a crazy man. If you want to insult someone, you can ask them, ”Does it hurt to be crazy?”

More on words

L’esprit de l’escalier :

(stairway wit) is the sense of thinking of a clever comeback when it is too late. The phrase can be used to describe a riposte to an insult, or any witty, clever remark that comes to mind too late to be useful—when one is on the “staircase” leaving the scene.

Virga:

Rain that Evaporates before Reaching the Ground.

h/t Gospel Ninja

Usage of rubber bands

Ahhh, so true. Just sayin'.

Wow...

Some people are awesomely talented and have waaaaayy too much time on their hands.

Just sayin'.

heads down ... bums up

All three of my children have, at 9months old, started sleeping on their tummies, heads down in a corner of the cot, with their bums in the air.

Weird. Just sayin'.

Ahhh, true answers

Picture words

Real names

Barbie’s full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. (Ken’s last name is Carson.)

Cap’n Crunch’s full name is Captain Horatio Magellan Crunch

The Wizard of Oz rolls off the tongue a lot easier than his full name, Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkel Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs. From Frank Baum’s Dorothy And the Wizard in Oz

Snuffleupagus has a first name—Aloysius.

In the Peanuts comic strip, Peppermint Patty’s real name is Patricia Reichardt.

In a deleted scene in the 2006 Curious George movie, The Man With the Yellow Hat’s name was revealed as Ted Shackleford.

The real name of Monopoly mascot Rich Uncle Pennybags is Milburn Pennybags.

The policeman in Monopoly has a name, too. You can thank Officer Edgar Mallory the next time he sends you to jail.

Words - understanding them ...

Wowser - just sayin'

Words - just sayin'

Kummerspeck
(German) Excess weight gained from emotional overeating. Literally, grief bacon.

Paper-belly
A person unable to drink liquor straight, or one who grimaces after drinking.

Petrichor
The clean, pleasant smell that accompanies rain falling on dry ground. It’s from the Greek petra (stone) and ichor (the blood of Greek gods and goddesses). The term was coined by two Australian researchers in 1964.

milliHelen
The quantity of beauty required to launch just one ship.

Dysania
Having difficulty getting out of bed in the morning.

Karoshi
(Japanese) Death from being overworked.

Lawn Mullet
A neatly manicured front yard and an unmowed mess in the back.