"This is life folks"

Let me just first say, you don't want to be on the receiving end of that bite!! The kid (Maciek or Machee as I call him, my almost 3 year old, to-be son) is an experienced eater. He takes his craft seriously. Sandwich, hand, whatever...beware!

We were driving home from the pool today (should be a post in and of itself -- never go to an outdoor pool in Poland when it's below 70 degrees!!) and the kids began having a good time in the van. They were trying to come up with some English words to call each other. Honestly I don't remember the things they were coming up with as they tend to use such occasions to stretch their linguistic legs and end up referring to each other as all manner of fruits, vegetables, tableware (plates, glasses, etc), and other things.

Today ended up a little differently. As mom and dad laughed with the kids Maciek began calling everyone this certain word. It sounded cute..."oh, you're making up words," we said to him. We were laughing, the kids were laughing.

Isn't ignorance bliss? You have no idea what he was saying...and as it turned out we didn't either. Needless to say (why else would I be writing about this) he hadn't made up his own, cute little word. Paulina, after laughing a few times mind you, told him to stop saying that. After asking why, she told us that it was a bad word for something girls have. WHAT??!!

Like I said, ignorance is often bliss isn't it? How nice to know that we were egging the little guy on...our laughter basically telling him "say it again, say it again!" Of course the fun ended, mom got stern and we were reminded again about how difficult this endeavor is...parenting, parenting three, and parenting three with the added bonus of so much being in Polish.

This is life folks. I've got this blog to share that with you all and it doesn't get more real than this. Rolled up between the lines of that moment is our existence in Poland. The good, the bad, and the ugly (I'm making the movie sound effects as I'm typing this...just no way to type ah-eh-ah-eh-ah without it coming across as a donkey or something).

Thank you Lord for life...blunders and all!!