Germainglisch

So I have started speaking this language, I don't know if any of you have ever heard of it, but I like to call it Gerainglisch (don't ask where the 'ai' in the middle came from, I honestly don't know it just seemed right). This is the name I have given to the language I have started speaking. I have started getting better at speaking German with the kids, but my vocabulary is not perfect. Instead of asking the girls what a word is ( they wouldn't know anyway because they don't speak English) I put an English word in instead. The girls have also started speaking this language as well, instead of telling me that they would like me to change the channel on the television they tell me " Ich want this nichts". I in return will respond 'Warum mochtest you this not?" (German grammer is awful by the way).

So I had the girls all by myself again this weekend. It was another reminder as to why I am never having kids, I think they are run on batteries. I don't think I slept more then an hour on Friday night/Saturday morning. Susanne gave me a baby monitor so that I could hear the girls if anything went wrong. In theory this was a marvelous idea. In reality it sucked. The baby monitor beeped loudly literally every five minutes. When I say every five minutes I actually mean it, this is not me exaggerating at all. Then every so often if would make a loud crackling noise. I kept waking up thinking that one of the children was going to be dead or crying or something like that.

I finally got out of bed at 5:00 in the morning ( I didn't want to sleep in to late or anything). I figured I wouldn't wake the girls up until about 7:30, afterall they deserved to sleep in they do lead a difficult life of birthday parties and playing Uno. I went up stairs a little before 7 and both of the girls were already awake and sitting at the table in the dark. Kids are so weird. I had told them the night before that if they woke up earlier they could come and get me. Oh well.

I ran out of things to do with the girls by about noon. They didn't want to do anything but look at my computer. I couldn't think of any games that all three of us could play on a computer that they would understand so I played some 'My Little Pony" videos from the 1980's for them. Let me tell you, that show was scary.

At about 1 Katie came over to help me out with the girls. We were going to the aquazoo and I knew there was no way I would be able to handle the two girls all by myself. It amazes me at how very seldom they have been out of the house in a public setting. You can tell by the way that they act that their parents do not take them places other then sport or school and of course church on Sunday.

After we got back from the aquazoo we played some games back at the house, red light green light was a big hit. Of course you can't really do anything very long with the girls because they either start fighting or whining or crying for no reason.

For dinner I made Pfannkuchen which is just thin pancakes. For the kids I made them with bananas and chocolate sprinkles and for Katie and I, salami. I got the girls off to bed early which was nice. Usually they fight me when it's bed time because they want to stay up later. They had had a long day and I am not surprised that they fell asleep so quickly.

My host parents and Maximilian got back to the house a little after 10. Dirk was nice enough to drive Katie and I directly to the alt stadt. They insisted on driving us there because they were so grateful to be able to go away for a couple days and not have to worry. The thing about being taken somewhere in a car here is that it is like being taken in a limo somewhere back in the States. Katie and I are both so used to taking the public transport that it was really nice to be taken somewhere in a car.