Ahoj!
Today I was at the kindergarten to witness a goodbey program performed by 6-7 year olds, my son included. In September it will be 1st Grade for Robert. Yet it seems only yesterday that I bottlefed him and changed his nappies ... how he's grown ... sniff ... he's bigger than a D&D goblin - 4"5' (132cm) and about 70 pounds (c. 30 kg)
Borys
Just think...in a few years, he'll be in here playing a New Swiss ally, causing his old man all sorts of aggravation...
omfg !!!111 lol!11 wft!!1 squee!!1
That looks like "leet" of displeasure.
Ahoj!
Using my meagre understandign of the jargon of the semi-literates I tried to express amusement ...
:)
Borys
That's reasonable. My lack of comprehension can be attributed to a similarly meagre understanding.
He, he... *rubs hands* Mwhahaha!!! etc, etc.
I have two younger brothers around that age and I fear the time when they grow up and become an Austrian ally! :o :) ;)
Ahoj!
Speking of leet, here is an illustrated, leet speak summary of the Lord of the Rings.
http://www.parma-eruseen.net/stories/tori_aa.html
A must read for Ithekro and Phoenix :)
Borys
I know how it feels man, my own childern are 3 and 1 right now. I have a stack of games I am looking forward to play with them when they get older, like "Great War at Sea", "War at Sea", "Guns of August" and WiF when they get older; my wife thinks I am nuts but they are my childern... HUHUHU....
Sean the youngest is exploring the house still, and from the noise I think he just found something he shouldn't have later....
Michael
Ahoj!
The speed of a one year old child on all fours is indeed astonishing ...
Borys
Children, it seems they are a bundle of joy and frustration.
I myself am not that interested in having them myself, and my partner atm isn't capable to be pregnant in good health.
But, even if I loath the crawling shitproducing small humanoids, I cannot keep from being friendly to them.
It's still a hard-wired program in any human to want to teach the young ones and nurture them. Of course, some of us are plagued by bugs and the program somehow misfires. ;D
I always though having 6 kids would be sort of cool, but when my eldest brother got some I started having serious doubts. Now my youngest brother has some too, and both my sis-in-law and bro-in-law have one, and this childless woman is absolutely, completely and utterly happy she chose feline kids instead of simian ones. At least the cats won't give you sleepless nights over boyfriends or driving lessons.
That doesn't keep me from going completely into "mother-mode" whenever I spot kids in the vicinity though: I actually adore them little tykes, love to teach them too, and can spoil them rotten because I'm not their mum. ;D ;D ;D
Grandmothers/aunts have certain right to spoil children.
:)
As to the sleepless nights over boyfriends - I don't know how I'd manage with a daughter ...
Borys
Some people have mentioned to me that it usually is a matter of closeness. Other people's kids or even other family members kids might not appeal to us, but our own are like gold. The nature is not suppose to kick in until you have them I suppose.
Quote from: Borys on June 15, 2007, 10:13:53 AM
Ahoj!
The speed of a one year old child on all fours is indeed astonishing ...
Borys
Worse two... Sean has been able to walk since just a few weeks before his first birthday and can run to certain extent.
Michael
You know what the youngest of my feline "kids" did today ? The 10-weeks old kitten ?
I flushed the toilet and little Hrimnir jumped straight in. Head first. Just had the time to grab his hindlegs or he was gone. *SHUDDER* :o
And now we have a very wet very bedraggled very indignant kitten. Very alive too, fortunately.
Kids, won't they give you grey hairs ?
Hrimnir - is the onomatopeic, or is that Old Norse for "Gut Ripper" or "Eye Gouger" or "Marrow Slurper"?
Quick reflexes you've got!
If me and the mother of my child make up after the latest row, I'll be babysitting my son and his three cats :)
Borys
It means "shrouded in rime" and was the name of a Norse mythological figure, an Ice-Giant who guards the gates of Hèl.
We loved the sound, as our other cats are called Loup-Garou (pronounce as lougarou, means wherewolf in French), Zorro (pronounce as zorro, means fox in Spanish) and Bean Sidhe (pronounce as banshee, means wailing ghost in Gaelic). Cats need a distinct sound to recognise as their name and could get confused if a fellow cat has a similar-sounding name.
(The short versions are by the way Lou-Lou, Zor, Ban-Ban or Bannikins and Rimmi.)
The names we inflict on our children... ;D
I was to name a daughter, and Ursula a son. So my son ended up as Robert. Ursula doesn't like "germanic" names, so her three children are Konrad, Karolina and Robert ... a little learnng is a dangerous thing, I say ... :)
My daughter - if I ever get to have one - will be Amalaswinta, Astrid or Olga - I LIKE "germanic" names. I'd be tempted by Umtraut and Gudrun - but in Polish girl's names MUST end with an "a", and sticking an "a" to those two would make them lose their charm.
A name immediatealy identifiable as female, due to being well known - Beatrice, Astrid (I suppose), etc. can be bestowed on female babies.
Borys