Language learning

You guys probably think that this post is going to be about some funny language blunder that I or Michael have made where we embarrassed ourselves to death and wanted to crawl in a hole. As funny as that might be and as there are lots of those stories floating around, this is about my little Maciek (soon to be Matty in the states).

As I have shared in a previous post, Dr. Pepper has been made available at one of our local grocery chains for the drinking pleasure of all Americans and those unsuspecting Poles who stumble upon it. Yesterday, I needed to go to Carrefour and pick up some groceries (it seems I am always at the store) for the up-coming weekend. I decided to pick up Matty from preschool and treat him to a trip to Carrefour with mom.

As a surprise, I decided to buy Dr. Pepper for the kids. They love the stuff! They must be true Americans! So, we got home and Piotrek (Ben from now on in my blogs), Matty and I were unpacking the goods. With a huge smile on his face, Matty pulls the Dr. Pepper out of the sack and yells to Ben "We bought for you Dr. Pecker!" I laughed out loud, hard. Ben politely corrected him, not having a clue what he said, and I asked Matty to repeat it. He got it right the second time. Even now, I am laughing as I write this. How hilarious!

Another language blunder that will go down in history for me happened several months ago. We were at dinner and I had made sauerkraut and sausage (Michael's favorite!) and Matty looks down at his plate and says, "Mom, I don't like sourcrap!" I again laughed out loud and told him it was sauerkraut and told him he just had to eat a couple of bites. Michael agreed that his description was correct! We all got a kick out of that one!

As I sit here, a moment ago feeling stressed out from our three kiddos and all the newness, I am now laughing and remembering how precious these little people are. God has blessed me!