Now that Addie is a walker videos like this are even funnier to watch. While we were in Turkey, Addie scooted her way across many famous landmarks and building - this one being the Hagia Sophia.
Sunday, 2 October 2011
Thursday, 29 September 2011
Three Year Olds
A week ago at dinner -
Erin: Theo you need to eat your carrots if you are going to have anything else to eat.
Ten minutes pass. No carrots are eaten.
Erin: Theo you need to eat your carrots if you are going to have anything else to eat.
Jack: Come on Theo. You like orange.
Theo: I don't like orange. I like white.
Jack: We could put some flour on it and then it would be white.
Theo: Okay.
Erin: You want me to put flour on the carrots?
Theo: Yes.
Erin gets the flour out and covers the carrots in white all-purpose flour.
Theo quickly eats his carrots.
Theo: I like floured carrots.
Oh the logic of a three-year-old.
Erin: Theo you need to eat your carrots if you are going to have anything else to eat.
Ten minutes pass. No carrots are eaten.
Erin: Theo you need to eat your carrots if you are going to have anything else to eat.
Jack: Come on Theo. You like orange.
Theo: I don't like orange. I like white.
Jack: We could put some flour on it and then it would be white.
Theo: Okay.
Erin: You want me to put flour on the carrots?
Theo: Yes.
Erin gets the flour out and covers the carrots in white all-purpose flour.
Theo quickly eats his carrots.
Theo: I like floured carrots.
Oh the logic of a three-year-old.
Monday, 19 September 2011
Ramadan and Ice Lollies
While we were in Turkey, Ramadan was going on. Ramadan lasting 29 or 30 days, is the Islamic month of fasting, in which participating Muslims refrain from eating and drinking during daylight hours. Given that Ramadan fell in August this year means there was a lot of fasting going on given the summer daylight hours. It must be a lot easier to keep to Ramadan rules when Ramadan falls in December and it gets dark at 4:30!
Our friends live in a very conservative part of the city with many practicing Muslims. Out of respect for this tradition, our friends will not eat in public in their neighbourhood during this time, which might make dining out difficult. Our friends, however, have developed a really good relationship with the local kebab place down the street, and this restaurant sets up a table for them in the back garden (which is really just a private personal garden) during this time. We went twice while we were there and had a great time. The food was delicious. There is lots of space for the kids to run around. We aren't offending anyone. It is a big win all around. On our last night eating there we celebrated by getting the kids ice lollies. This was a big hit:
Our friends live in a very conservative part of the city with many practicing Muslims. Out of respect for this tradition, our friends will not eat in public in their neighbourhood during this time, which might make dining out difficult. Our friends, however, have developed a really good relationship with the local kebab place down the street, and this restaurant sets up a table for them in the back garden (which is really just a private personal garden) during this time. We went twice while we were there and had a great time. The food was delicious. There is lots of space for the kids to run around. We aren't offending anyone. It is a big win all around. On our last night eating there we celebrated by getting the kids ice lollies. This was a big hit:
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
Beginning Hebrew through Jack's Eyes
We had two old university friends staying with us this past week. There was a mini-crisis at one point which meant that I needed to take them somewhere. This was unplanned and given that there were two of them and four of us (three kids and me)and a five seater car, we had a problem.
The quickest way for us to solve the problem was for Charles to take Jack to his lecture and let him sit in the back row for the first 20 minutes while I ran our friends to where they needed to be.
Apparently, he sat in the back of the class and read a book quietly. Charles said he was excellent and many of the students were excited to see him (he is kind of a socialite of the College campus).
When I collected Jack, I asked him if Dad was a good teacher and whether he learned anything. He said, 'No. I didn't think it was that interesting, but Dad did say a few things that made people laugh so that was kind of interesting.' This is Jack's opinion of beginning Hebrew, maybe we should wait a few years to enroll him! :)
The quickest way for us to solve the problem was for Charles to take Jack to his lecture and let him sit in the back row for the first 20 minutes while I ran our friends to where they needed to be.
Apparently, he sat in the back of the class and read a book quietly. Charles said he was excellent and many of the students were excited to see him (he is kind of a socialite of the College campus).
When I collected Jack, I asked him if Dad was a good teacher and whether he learned anything. He said, 'No. I didn't think it was that interesting, but Dad did say a few things that made people laugh so that was kind of interesting.' This is Jack's opinion of beginning Hebrew, maybe we should wait a few years to enroll him! :)
Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Walking Addie
So in the last few days Addie has made great strides as a walker. Here is some of the proof:
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