I Want a Brother

So Nick was telling me the other day that he wanted a brother. "How cute" I thought. Until he said "I want Lewis (bf) to be my brother." I tried to explain that Lewis was his friend, but couldn't be his brother because Lewis already has a big brother. Great logic, eh? Huge tears and sadness ensued. Sigh. And all this in the car. It ended with, "Ok, Lewis can be your brother." I haven't let Lewis' mom know yet.

Getting a dog suddenly looking better and better.

Christmas Concert #2

So I'm still hung on on the fact that I'm supposed to teach Nick a song that I don't know the melody or language. Here's the second song he's singing. This one actually has the word Christmas in it.

Nu är det jul igen, och nu är det jul igen
Och julen varar väl till påaska
Nu är det jul igen, och nu är det jul igen
Och julen varar väl till påaska

Men det var inte sant och det var inte sant
För däremellan kommer fasta
Men det var inte sant och det var inte sant
För däremellan kommer fasta

Translation:
Christmas is here again, Christmas is here again
And we will celebrate till Easter!
No we can't do that, Oh no we can't do that
Because Lent is coming soon.

What the heck kinda Christmas song is that?! Makes Jingle Bell Rock sound like the best holiday song ever! But maybe if all the Swedish kids are walking around with candles on their heads, then they need a very mellow song to sing...

Christmas Concert

The annual Christmas concert at school is coming up. This year the theme is "Christmas Around the World". They always send home lyrics for the parents to practice with their kids. Well, Nick's class gets Sweden this year and this is what we were sent:

Små grodorna, små grodorna är lustiga att se
Små grodorna, små grodorna är lustiga att se.
El öron, El öron, ej svansar hava de
El öron, El öron, ej svansar hava de.
Kou ack ack ack, kou ack ack ack,
Kou ack ack ack ack kaa.
Kou ack ack ack, kou ack ack ack,
Kou ack ack ack ack kaa.

What does all this mean? It's a traditional Swedish dance and song performed at midsummer and sung about frogs. Uh - hello? This is December we're talking about, right? Couldn't they find enough Swedish Christmas songs?!

When I attempted to sing these words for Nick (without even knowing the melody), he cracked up laughing. Oh...this could be the best Christmas Concert ever!!!

Pet

So we're finally recarpeting our basement after the big flood. While talking wtih the carpet guy about what type of padding we should use (one that floats), he asked if we had any pets. We said "No" and he asked "Well, are you thinking of getting a pet?" That sure perked Nick up. "A pet? Are we getting a pet?!". Thanks Mr. Carpet man.

Funniest Home Video

So I’ve seen too many Funniest Home Videos. And heard too many family stories to ever back up in a car wash. But last night I found myself wanting to do just that. Nick and I were trying a new car wash. You had to drive deep into the car wash and then it moved around the car. All went well until it was time to drive out. I waited for the "GO" sign to light up and then drove over the bump. The doors at the end of the car wash opened slightly, but not fully. So I found myself trying to steer the car in between the doors. But that wasn't enough. So my choices were either:

a) back up and reposition the car to get through the small opening

b) get out of the car and mannually push the doors open

But luckily my brain was on and said "no no no!!!!". So I nudged the doors with my car and we got out. I won't be going back to that carwash.

Dancing Banana

So one of Chris’s websites that he reads has someone posting with a dancing banana icon. Nick loves to see this icon and requests it often. C&N found a dancing banana on You Tube that sings “Peanut Butter Jelly Time”. It is so funny. Nick just yells “louder Louder LOUDER!” until Chris cranks it. Then everyone starts dancing. What must our neighbors think? Want to imagine what life is like at the Nordloh house...More info than you want to know.

Lightning McQueen

Every day when I pick Nick up from school he asks me “are we in a race car” and I answer “you bet we are”. Well now it’s morphed into N: “what’s that thing on the back of a car called?” H: “a spoiler” N: “do we have a spoiler” H: “you bet we do. Did you see it on your way in the car?” (we don’t have a spoiler) N: “oh yeah. Are we in Lightning McQueen” H: “oh yeah. Didn’t you see how red our car was?" (we don’t drive a red car). Makes him so happy to pretend we’re driving around in Lightning McQueen.