Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?

Babyla is going through this phase where she's afraid of everything. Mostly the vents in our house. That first started when we had them cleaned months ago. It was all very loud, and I guess she realized they existed then. But she's still scared of them! Now she's also scared of the dark, animals, people she doesn't know, people she does know, etc. etc. etc. I can tell her scared attack is coming on when she gets quiet and still. Sometimes she'll whimper to herself. Then, if I can't talk her down, she starts the tantrum. This only started about a week ago! I read in my "What to Expect the Toddler Years" that this is normal for her age, but sheesh! I guess just something else to get through. That and I decided to learn Spanish. BF speaks Spanish cuz he served his mission there, and I think it would be helpful to learn. So I bought a textbook and I'm teaching myself. Not so bad since I know French. I can now say "Soy de los estados unidos" and "mi novio es simpatico and divertido." Basically I know pronouns, the verb ser, and pronunciation. Yay for me! maybe I'll end up tri-lingual. Then maybe I can invent my own language like Tolkien and be one of those totally hip nerdy geeks. Narf.

Prayer Time

So babyla is picking up finally French prayer. She says certain phrases with me, and now wants to pray by herself in French. She's better praying in English, of course, but it's always cuter when she's trying to speak French. It sounds something like this: (and put it baby talk) Notre Pere Celeste, nous ----(lots of incoherent sounds)--- merci pour nana, merci pour mommy, merci pour gampa, ---(more incoherent sounds)--- je t'aime, jesus christ, amen. Whew! A big prayer for a little girl. I taught her "merci pour" instead of "je te remercie" cuz it's shorter and easier. Maybe if I could put Blues Clues or WonderPets in French she's learn faster. But then she might kill me cuz she wouldn't be able to sing along! Which might be a good idea, cuz that WonderPets song seriously gets stuck in my head.

Demain soir je vais avoir un boum a la piscine de la grandmere. Elle a un tres belle piscine. J'ai quelques amis qui vont nager, et j'ai fait un CD de la musique. J'espere qu'il va etre un bon boum. ooh, c'est hypercool-bon boum. hee hee. alors, je suis le dj pour un autre grand fete cette semaine prochaine, et tout le monde vont danser. La musique pour cette fete la est la musique que vais utiliser demain soir. Si le petit boum a la piscine est bon et tout le monde aiment la musique, puis je sais que la semaine prochaine ve etre un succes.