October 2009

Interpreting Neli

Gur-Gur after about a year we have figured out what a Gur-Gur is. He would call Nadine a Gur-Gur sometimes but we never knew what he meant. We'd ask "is dadda a Gur-Gur" and he would state emphatically "no". Other times when we would ask if Mama was a Gur-Gur he would say "no". After a while we realized that a Gur-Gur is a person who has their hair pulled back. We have tested this theory with a few different women but we still need to test it out with long haired men to find out if a Gur-Gur is either sex wih their hair pulled back or just a woman.

When you put a cloth like item on your chest or stomach (hand towel, tshirt) and run around the house you are a Kafawena. Kafawena (noun) a cloth like item placed on the chest when running around, (noun) the person that is running around with a cloth like item on their chest.

"Sometimes you get what you get and you don't get to pick." A great saying and mantra for a two year old. He stated this one while on a walk at Wadell Creek. We heard a truck/tractor noise and I said we might get to see it but I wasn't sure if we would on during our little hike. After we passed the sound and never encountered the machine Neli happily stated "Sometimes you get what you get and you don't get to pick."

Ever since Neli and Isak saw a puppet show of Puff the Magic Dragon at the fair they have both been obsessed with Puff. One of Neli's current past times is to swing in the swing in the living room and request different versions of Puff the Magic Dragon Songs from YouTube. He asks for different colored versions. "Mamma play a green version and then play a brown version".

We found the perfect dragon costume and Neli seemed quite excited to be Puff for Halloween, but he would never put the costume on. He would point out the costume on the table and say "what's this Mamma" but when we'd try to put it on he would complain and whine.

Hottie Mamma. Neli will call Nadine a hottie mamma but only when she has a tank top on. Today at school at pick up he ran up to her and told that he cried about her today. Later during pick up he asked Nadine to take off her sleeves to become a hottie momma.