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Bag vs. “Bayg”

Four-years olds can be hard to understand...their enunciation may be iffy, and sometimes they make up words, just for fun. Our little G speaks pretty clearly for his age, and I can usually decipher what he’s saying, but in the last few weeks, we’ve all struggled with the name of a new friend at daycare. We know the friend is a girl, and she really likes Skye from Paw Patrol. We also know that G wanted her to come over to spend the night. Hm. Not sure about that one...

G kept calling her ”Danie” (with a long a) but when I would repeat "Danie" back to him, he would get very frustrated and loudly say her name again. This went on for a few weeks until I remembered that we live in the north. And our children were born here, so they both have accents from this crazy place. One of the things that drives me bonkers is how people here say the word “bag”. The “a” becomes long and it sounds like “bayg”. So, finally, I asked G if his friend’s name was Dagney. Ding ding ding! My little G has picked up the very Minnesota way of pronouncing “ag” as “ayg”. I’m just so happy that I got the name right so he stops getting so frustrated when we don’t understand what he said!

Now that mystery had been solved, I could focus my energy on my vacation and holiday fun. :) I had a fantastic time off (haven't been to work since 11/16) and I'll be working from home tomorrow, so it's an easier re-entry to the work week.

Our Christmas shopping is almost completed, we got the tree/house decorated (thank you for the assist, Grandma Karen!), ordered Christmas cards, spent fun time with the kids, Scott and I had a mini day-date, I saw a movie with my mom, and we hosted a small Thanksgiving dinner with my parents. It's been a very good 10 days! I think we need to look at our investment strategies to see when we'll be able to retire so we can stop this working thing! Heehee.

Enjoying the glow from the Christmas lights at night


I made a yummy caramel apple appetizer for Thanksgiving...so good!


Ava and I made some lip balm yesterday morning. It was easier (and messier) than I anticipated, but she really liked the end result.


I love our tree...it can have either colored lights or white lights. Scott and Ava prefer the colors, while G and I like the white lights. Good thing the tree has a feature that allows the lights to go back and forth between color and white automatically!



We're having some really fantastic weather now...it was in the 60's earlier this weekend, and sunshine is in the forecast for the next 7 days. It's been a great time to finish up the winter prep and also get some work done on the basement (painting) that requires the windows to be open.

Scott's picking up donuts for breakfast (yum!) and we're going to be sure to enjoy this lovely winter/fall day before Monday appears!

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