Stugotch

So lately Julia keeps using this word that sounds like "Stugotch." As in, "You! Stugotch!"

Knowing that her teacher, the wonderful Miss Jessica, grew up in Germany I figured that this was simply the word "stop!" in German since she was using it in the context of it meaning stop. I even asked Julia if that's what stop was in German and she said yes.

This morning as I dropped the kids off to school I asked Jessica how to spell "Stugotch" correctly and she looked at me like I might have had a morning cocktail before dropping the kids off. So I explained what was going on.

Turns out that there is no word...at least in German.

Final Skating Lesson and Other Goings On

The shirt says "Short and Sweet."

Some of these were taken at the zoo. The best part of the zoo for Brendan was the excavator in the area where they are renovating the elephant house. He must have stood there for 5 minutes saying "excavator!" and asking to touch it. I told him that I'd end up in jail of I let him touch it but that didn't seem to make a difference to him.

Julia enjoyed the panda who had a crate over it's head. They had put honey in the crate for some reason so the panda had it over it's head, licking it and trying to get the most out of it.

Afterward...at Johnny Rockets. Yum!

Easter Bunnies

The Number 1 Song in the Country

The song is called "Low"

As sung by Julia:
"Applemayonnaise
fur with the fur
the coach was lookin at her."

As sung by the Artist - Flo Rida:
"Apple Bottom Jeans
Boots with the Fur
The whole club was lookin at her"

Babies and Pregnancy

"The baby is making me tired. The baby is moving!! Feel the baby move? The head is here and the feet are here and it's kicking here! Rub my belly, the baby likes it when you rub my belly."

No, these are not my words (thank goodness!) they are the words of Julia who is apparently quite pregnant, just like her teacher the beloved Miss Jessica. I'm pretty surprised that Julia hasn't been dry heaving or feeling pretty terribly as Miss Jessica has for the last 23 weeks.

We don't talk about who the dad might be because I am so not ready to go there, but I learned on the way home tonight that we don't know what the baby's name will be because "the doctor will tell us." Miss Jessica, if you are reading this, you better hope that your doctor likes the same names that you do!

Once we got home Julia was asking Brendan and me to touch her belly to feel the baby kick. Thus, the photos.

P.S. We had a really fun time with Grant and his parents on Saturday night. Mr. Jason has a REAL drum set as well as the really fun xbox game "Rockband" complete with the guitar, microphone and drum set, which the kids (and us fogies) absolutely loved playing. Visit Grant's blog for photos of the kids rocking out. Thanks for having us and for a deliciously yummy dinner! Lots of fun!