My favorite Andrew and Kathlena words

When we first started this blog we would periodically post J.Michaelisms. While J.Michael still zings us with his wit, his two younger siblings take the stage with some of their cute linguistic concoctions. Here are a few of our favorites:

Andrew

"Mom, is this Breafkist?" (breakfast)

"My name is Andrew David Shiff-ah-let" (Shiflet, I must admit though I had trouble with this too at first when I became a Shiflet)

Kathlena

She was out whacking the bushes in the yard with a large stick yelling "I kill the dime-o-saurs!"

"Daddy wearing your meeting shirt" translation "Daddy are you going to work today"

In the morning Kathlena will greet me with "I sleep good my beg (bed)" the greeting when she gets up from nap is " I happy"

An Interview with Andrew and Kathlena

Imagination Station

Andrew and Kathlena are growing so fast and their little minds are quickly revealing a greater depth to their personalities through there English language development. Pay close attention to Andrew speaking...truly amazing that he did not know a word of English just 5 months ago and is learning to speak his own thoughts and give clear directions to his sister. They are such adorable playmates together and with Emily and J.Michael too.

One of my favorite new phrases of Andrew's is "da do da dis" only his "da's" are not yes but "the" in English. We asked him the other day what "nyet" meant and he looked at us with a quizzical face and said "I don't know" The rapid loss of language is as amazing as the new one emerging. I had read about this in preparation of A and K coming home until my brain hurt, but there is nothing like seeing it happen to catch a glimpse of the complexity our minds have to adapt and change given by our infinitely wise Creator.

Kathlena has recently begun to say her full name now...Yeena is fading. Here is a video of her saying it over and over while running around. Nana you may need to have your motion sickness patch on to view this and anyone else who gets sick on the merry go round...just a little warning : )

*a note to remember when viewing video scroll to the end of the blog to pause/stop the music so you can hear them talking on the video.