Gutteral Guy

I chuckle now whenever Niki speaks German. He really emphasizes the gutteral sounds. When he wants to say macht (make) at the end he sounds like he will huck up a big lugie! He just wants to master the sounds and he can say some sounds that I can't--some of the umlaud sounds are very different and I can't get my tongue to say it right. It is amazing that he won't have an accent in either language. My husband speaks "Hoch Duetsch" (high German) and not the Pfalzer dialect. The dialect even is hard for me. In our region the people will say "Guten Morschen" rather than Guten Morgan (good morning) as well as other words. I hope Niki doesn't pick up the dialect but stays with the high German because it is more respected (and generally spoken by more educated people).

He seems to understand so many things now and it ever surprising me with his questions or his correction of things I say simply to him.

Jenna is really into sorting these days. She goes around collecting Snowmen from ornaments and decorations and piles them up. She also has done this with Santas. It is quite cute.

Today we had our last Music Together class. Niki has really enjoyed it and I have noticed a lot of growth with his musical abilities recently. He now will sing the songs--but the word will be a second later than you sing it. He tries to go up and down on notes and will sing a song by himself. I hope he continues to enjoy music.

The last two days Jenna has been putting diapers on me. Yes, it is humiliating. She makes me lay down then will put them under me and get out the wipes and cleans me (over my clothes of course). Niki protests and tells her that I am a big girl and use the potty, but Jenna insists. Speaking of which, Niki goes around telling me all the big people that wear panties (I try to call them underware to him and panties to Jenna--but it is hard to keep straight) and even embarrassed some of his KiGa teachers by saying they go potty and wear panties. That isn't something most adults go around discussing or want announced. The joys of this age!

Posted by Krista at December 4, 2007 02:16 PM