I made Jonas his first "PB&J" last week for an after school snack.. His face after he took his first bite was just priceless. He just lit up with a giant smile and declared "I LOVE it!!"I thought it was a good idea to introduce him to this amazlingly delicious american food..but now I am regretting a little because he asks for it ALL THE TIME. "Can I have a ummm..PB&J?" (He loves to use his new English lingo whenever possible).
The peanut butter here is not the same as the US.. It is not as peanutty flavored I think, which is really a shame. And you can't find the natural peanut butter here, which is my favorite because its just peanuts and salt, so it really is very, very peanutty!! But oh well, fortunately I don't have a complete peanut butter addiction like my sister, so I think I can survive a year without having my favorite peanut butter on hand.
I also had a little incident with Felix a few days ago... nothing terrible but it definitely made me feel the real stress of being an au pair. So I am preparing Abendbrot (The word Germans use for dinner..it literally translates to "Evening bread," which is because in Germany, they eat their main meal for lunch and then for dinner they have something light, usually slices of brown bread with butter, cheese, or meat, and some veggies. That is usually what we eat for dinner here. You would think you'd get tired of eating the same kind of thing every day for dinner..but honestly the bread, cheese and meat here is really good (also you can get really goood paté.. I love paté, and so does Jonas. He is literally the only 7 year old I know who loves paté)). Anyway, I was preparing Abendbrot and then I hear Niki start to scream. I come in and Felix is sitting on the floor with his mouth open and a small chunk of carrot sitting on his tongue. He obviously has no idea what to do with it because he cant chew yet, and is starting to panic. i run over and put him on my knee, then stick my finger into his mouth, trying to fish the piece of carrot out. But its too slippery and it keeps going farther and farther down his throat. Meanwhile, Niki and Joni keep screaming, which really doesn't help the situation at all. Felix then started choking, and I literally almost had a heart attack. I started pounding hi back to get him to cough up the piece (CPR came to my mind for a second...why? I guess that's what I get for taking my health course online). Suddenly, he throws up all over me..all his milk and baby food..and the carrot piece! I have never been so relieved to have someone throw up on me. Oh the joys of taking care of kids..
One more thing before I head off to bed. Last week in French class, our teacher decided to try something new and have us translate a modern French song by the famous artist Mika into English. I actually turned out to be a great exercise because the song we learned is quite catchy and now I am kind of obsessed. My friend Antonia (she is Swedish and also in my French class, we go out together all the time. She is definitely a big partyer, but I guess its good to have at least one friend like that.. especially here!) and I sing it all the time now..in French! And we learned lots of important vocabulary, including how to say "I don't give a fuck" (J m'en fous), "shit" (merde), the verb "to be high" (défoncer) and "bullshit"(n'importe quoi). We also learned that the equivalent of fuck in french is not as harsh as in English, and that it is regularly used by the French prime minister in his speeches...hmm. But really, we did learn some other, more appropriate vocabulary too:)
Anyway, you should really hear this song, so here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiHWwKC8WjU
Also, coincidentally last night (Saturday), I went out with Anotonia and a couple other au pairs and we went to Mr. Wong (that famous club I wrote about in an earlier post..in "Asian Town"), and we were waiting outside to see if we wanted to go in or not, and then the owner came out and started talking to us, introducing himself as Mr. Wong! He seemed to like out very international group, which consisted of a Swede (Antonia), an American (me), an Estonian (au pair named Kelly), a Brit (au pair named Martha), an Italian (a student named Valerie) and an Australian (a random 24 year old guy we picked up at the last bar). We told My Wong about how we read about the club in this map guide we have, and it gave a really good description. he took great interest in this and so we showed him the glowing description of his club. He was very pleased and seemed to like us a lot, so he said that if we came to the club right at the moment (we were debating if we should come later, even tho it as already 2am..people start clubbing very late here), he would let us in for free and buy us drinks! So we were VIP treated, with drinks and champagne, and we even danced with Mr Wong himself. Then, he introduced us to...you will never believe this..the band for MIKA!!!! I met the keyboard player, the drummer, the bass player and the sound editor! They were all from London and had great British Accents:) Unfortunately, Mika wasn't there, but it was just great to meet these guys who pay the music to that fantastic song! What a crazy night that was:)
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