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Sohl son decided we needed a diet.

I'm in the book...

Facebook, that is. My friends have convinced me to start, and I have to admit that it is enjoyable. I much prefer it over the social network I used before. So... now I figure out how to use that, and update this... so everyone can stay updated. Fun!

Anyway, if you are a fellow facebooker, and we know each other, let me know. We can be friends.

Sohl son's view...

Sohl son wanted to make some webcam calls, but our call recipients weren't available. So he decided he wanted to write something instead. Here's what he said...

"Now I have to say Spanish words. Uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, seis, siete, ocho, nueve, diez, once, doce, trece, catorce, quince." (counting, 1 - 15).
"Comer" (to eat).
"How do you ask someone their name?"
"Como se llamas? Camiseta is a t-shirt. La jaqueta is jacket. La puerta is door. Techo, ceiling. Casa, house," (putting hands up to point over his head).
"What else do you know?"
"Manos arriba, a la cabeza." (Hands up, on your head.)
I asked Sohl son, "How do you say paper?"
"El papel is paper."
"How do you say chair?"
"La silla."
Then he does this chant from school...
"Pollito - chicken
Gallina - hen
lapiz - pencil
Pluma - pen
Ventana - window
Puerto - door
Techo - ceiling
and suelo - floor."

"Los zapatos," he says. "What's that?" I asked.
"Shoes, Mom. Ropa, clothes. How about... how do you say scarf in Spanish?"
"How do you say it, Sohl son?"
"La bufanda!"
"What other things do you know? How 'bout hat?"
"El sombrero."
"How do you say dress?"
"El vestido."
"How do you say sun?"
"El sol."
"How do you say sunglasses?"
"Gafas del sol."
"What does it mean when I say, 'Donde esta su mochila?'"
"La mochila aqui. It means, 'Where's your backpack?' Mommy, I don't know if I can do every Spanish word."
"You're doing great!"
"Well, I can do some..."
"What other things do you know?"
"Ummmm... Kung Fu Panda. How do you make his name?"
"Well, he's not Spanish."
"I'm just kidding. He's not Spanish. How 'bout el papel? Mama, I think it's time for me to watch a movie."
"How do you say movie in Spanish?"
"I don't know. Can you say it for me?"
"Movie is la pelicula."
"Peculia?"
"Pay-lick-u-lah. Is there anything else you want to say?"
"Adios, hasta manana!" (Bye see you tomorrow!)

Christmas meme...

So I'm taking a meme from someone who took it from somewhere else (an important reason not to just take for granted info you find on the web). I'll be borrowing from it here and there... so be ready.

If you want to do it too, let me know so I can see your responses. If not, I'll know my answers are right.

Favorite Christmas.... (let me preface this by saying I'm leery of calling anything my "favorite," so I'll say that these are the things that strike me first as relevant to the question)
01. Non-Jesus-related song? The Rusty Chevrolet (Mom, don't you miss Wayne's broken down, sewn-up truck??)
02. Jesus-related song? What Child is This?
03. Santa-related song? I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
04. Fictional character?
05. Dinner’s main course? Spiral Sliced Honey Baked Ham (thanks, Dad... Sohlmate thanks you, too, for getting us hooked).
06. Dinner’s dessert? Pumpkin cheesecake
07. Scent (pine, gingerbread, candles…)? cinnamony-vanilla-y-pumpkinish (Look for cinnomon vanilla from Divine Designs)
08. Animated movie? I don't think I have one... can't even think of one I like to watch.
09. Non-animated movie? The Nativity Story
10. Personal memory? Huge gatherings at g-'rents house with family.
11. Story/Fairy Tale? Gift of the Magi