Here I will post a list of insanely adorable quotes by these insanely adorable kids:
M:
"Jenica, you need to go to da hospital and get a baby in your tummy."
"I want a hippopotamus for Christmas... ribbit, ribbit, ribbit, ribBIT!"
S:
"Drinking Apple Juice is dangerous. I don't want Mommy to have any. I'll drink hers."
"Hello baby! Hello in there! Do you need anything else, or are you just fine? Okay, I love you, bye!"
"I waaant to plaaay the pliaaaano!"
"Mommy, I want a baby. Yeah, I want a baby sister."
"Mommy, you're broken. Can I fix you?"
"...Mommy...? Stop poking me."
Both:
"Slickapoot the rosies, slickapoot the rosies, slickapoot the rosies, ding ling ling ling ling!"
There are more. I'll tell some to you as I go.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Jenica World sure looks a lot like Germany.
I have now been here for about a month and a half. Just recently I realized that the sights aren't strange anymore. The house is familiar, and I can make my way around the town all by myself. Just this morning while AJ was still asleep, M, S and I walked A to the train... and I pushed the stroller home all by myself. And it wasn't even a problem! In fact, I made it home without difficulty... besides pushing the kids up the hill, that is. I know my way around. I'm relaxing. I'm being myself. And something tells me that Jenica World, in all it's beauty, in all its mystery, in all that it is... will never, ever be the same again. Those who traverse it will always find a little town full of fog and cobblestones... and two little children who will never, ever, ever grow up.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Oh dear oh dear oh dear.
Good heavens.
A. challenged me yesterday to consciously practice every day, whether it be solfej, drawing, piano, or just reading a book that will enlarge my views. So today, I was going to write. I needed to write a story, however bland or over dramatic it turned out. I just needed to write.
You already know I'm in Germany. At least, you should if you've read even last post I wrote. What you may not know is that my home computer is a... I forget. But this home computer is a Mac. The other thing you need to understand is that I don't know how to use this Mac. You put the mouse in the corner and everything you're doing goes somewhere else and it takes four tries to figure out which corner you need to put your mouse in to bring it back.
In other words, I can't even cover the basics.
It took two minutes to figure out which icon stood for Word.
I never figured out how to use it.
A. challenged me yesterday to consciously practice every day, whether it be solfej, drawing, piano, or just reading a book that will enlarge my views. So today, I was going to write. I needed to write a story, however bland or over dramatic it turned out. I just needed to write.
You already know I'm in Germany. At least, you should if you've read even last post I wrote. What you may not know is that my home computer is a... I forget. But this home computer is a Mac. The other thing you need to understand is that I don't know how to use this Mac. You put the mouse in the corner and everything you're doing goes somewhere else and it takes four tries to figure out which corner you need to put your mouse in to bring it back.
In other words, I can't even cover the basics.
It took two minutes to figure out which icon stood for Word.
I never figured out how to use it.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Yes, yes, It's been awhile...
Holy Cow!
I know you're expecting the whole spiel on how wonderful it is to be in Germany, how much I'm learning, how well I can speak German. I'll tell ya what you'll get: a partial spiel on how wonderful Germany is, a full spiel abut how cute these kids are, and a humble confession of how little I've learned compared to what I expected.
When I came to Germany, I came with the expectation of jumping in and learning everything. Speaking in German, studying it, seeing the sights. Playing the piano, doing all my sight reading and getting so good Mads would be a breeze.
Huh.
One thing I have learned, though, is that it takes much more effort to do all that than we give it credit for. You see all these big successful people and you think, 'Wow, I'm going to be like them someday. It must have taken a lot of work!' What we don't seem to get is that if you want to get there in the small amount of time allotted to you, you can't say, 'I'm too scared today. I'll do it tomorrow.'
Tomorrows go fast.
Of course, there's a list. You can't leave the continent and not learn things. I have learned! The only thing I haven't done is... well... learned. Let's just say I need to get a grip and get going. I'm afraid to be wrong. Make your mistakes now before you have to speak German in the real world! I'm afraid of learning too much and not being helpful enough around the house. Well set up a schedule, lazy one! It's been over three weeks already and you still spend your day sitting on the couch trying to think of something to do and not doing anything! (And chasing kids and cleaning, of course.)
I guess my point is this: Get out and do it before there's no time left to do anything. You say, 'Well duh, Jenica. You can't accomplish anything without doing anything.' It's obvious. It's a given. Right?
A lesson is not learned until applied. Used. Built upon. Enlarged. So speak it! Learn the language, make the schedule! Follow the schedule and work hard!
Uhhhg... I'm tired.
I'll do it tomorrow.
And as for my spiels... Nah. I'll do those tomorrow too.
I know you're expecting the whole spiel on how wonderful it is to be in Germany, how much I'm learning, how well I can speak German. I'll tell ya what you'll get: a partial spiel on how wonderful Germany is, a full spiel abut how cute these kids are, and a humble confession of how little I've learned compared to what I expected.
When I came to Germany, I came with the expectation of jumping in and learning everything. Speaking in German, studying it, seeing the sights. Playing the piano, doing all my sight reading and getting so good Mads would be a breeze.
Huh.
One thing I have learned, though, is that it takes much more effort to do all that than we give it credit for. You see all these big successful people and you think, 'Wow, I'm going to be like them someday. It must have taken a lot of work!' What we don't seem to get is that if you want to get there in the small amount of time allotted to you, you can't say, 'I'm too scared today. I'll do it tomorrow.'
Tomorrows go fast.
Of course, there's a list. You can't leave the continent and not learn things. I have learned! The only thing I haven't done is... well... learned. Let's just say I need to get a grip and get going. I'm afraid to be wrong. Make your mistakes now before you have to speak German in the real world! I'm afraid of learning too much and not being helpful enough around the house. Well set up a schedule, lazy one! It's been over three weeks already and you still spend your day sitting on the couch trying to think of something to do and not doing anything! (And chasing kids and cleaning, of course.)
I guess my point is this: Get out and do it before there's no time left to do anything. You say, 'Well duh, Jenica. You can't accomplish anything without doing anything.' It's obvious. It's a given. Right?
A lesson is not learned until applied. Used. Built upon. Enlarged. So speak it! Learn the language, make the schedule! Follow the schedule and work hard!
Uhhhg... I'm tired.
I'll do it tomorrow.
And as for my spiels... Nah. I'll do those tomorrow too.
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