Hello and Guten Tag.
I’ve finally taken the plunge and started a blog. I’ve been an avid reader of many blogs for years, mostly so called mummy blogs, and I love reading about other families’ life. I love to read about...
View ArticleBilingual challenges
Before our children were born I did my research about raising them bilingually. I know all about the different approaches, the One Parent One Language approach or the minority language in the home...
View ArticleBaba Nei!
Holly finds it very difficult to say George. So she’s started to call him Baba, cos we used to call him our baby, our baba, so he is her baba now. She also says Nei instead of Nein, the German for No....
View ArticleLanguage (again)
We are making a conscious effort at the moment to get Holly to speak more. She seems a bit shy and worries about saying it wrong so we want her to gain a bit of confidence. So we encourage her to speak...
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In praise of modern technology
A family such as ours, with parents from different countries, is always gonna struggle to make sure to keep up with both sides of the family, with all relatives and with all friends. Depending on what...
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Language update
Having talked and written lots about moving and builders and country cottages lately, I feel it is time to talk about our bilingual journey again. I can say that we’ve come a long way since I’ve...
View ArticleWhich language please?
I’ve always struggled a bit with being German. What with the war and the Nazis and Germans generally not being considered the nicest people, I always tried to avoid outing myself as German, especially...
View ArticlePotty training
First of all, I have to say that I was really quite reluctant to potty train. I was never one of those people who could not bare the thought of two in nappies, obviously cos I actively chose to have...
View ArticleDenglisch
I’ve written about it before and I’m sure it will come up more and more often as the kids grow up but I really laughed out loud (LOLed) the other day when Holly came over to me and announced that...
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