A Hint of Kiwi
Well we've been here a little over a month now and are starting to feel somewhat settled in. We've got the house sorted for the year, our car and we've started finding some activities for the girls to enjoy. I feel like we are starting to take advantage of all the wonderful things this town has to offer it's children.
The most frequent outing we have is to the many various playgrounds around town. The girls love the slides and see saws. Sophie almost always makes a new friend and asks them if they would like to play chase. She seems to have more endurance for the game than others though as toward the end of our play time she's shouting out the new friends name and waving them on.
We've attended storytime at one of the local libraries. The girls very much enjoyed hearing the hours worth of free stories and songs. Several of the words are different and Sophie usually picks up on it.
"What's a ladybird?"
to which I answer "In New Zealand they call ladybugs ladybirds."
She's always satisfied with this answer and often tries it out on me.
"Can I play on the hodgie?"
"What's a hodgie?"
"Mom, in New Zealand they call trampolines hodgies."
"Ohhhh."
She's also started picking up a hint of an accent. Not throughout her entire vocabulary but there are certain words that she's traded. Water is now wahtah, tomato is tomahto, car is caah, shoe is something close to shor, to me it sounds like she is chewing on the end of the word. It's pretty cute!
The most frequent outing we have is to the many various playgrounds around town. The girls love the slides and see saws. Sophie almost always makes a new friend and asks them if they would like to play chase. She seems to have more endurance for the game than others though as toward the end of our play time she's shouting out the new friends name and waving them on.
We've attended storytime at one of the local libraries. The girls very much enjoyed hearing the hours worth of free stories and songs. Several of the words are different and Sophie usually picks up on it.
"What's a ladybird?"
to which I answer "In New Zealand they call ladybugs ladybirds."
She's always satisfied with this answer and often tries it out on me.
"Can I play on the hodgie?"
"What's a hodgie?"
"Mom, in New Zealand they call trampolines hodgies."
"Ohhhh."
She's also started picking up a hint of an accent. Not throughout her entire vocabulary but there are certain words that she's traded. Water is now wahtah, tomato is tomahto, car is caah, shoe is something close to shor, to me it sounds like she is chewing on the end of the word. It's pretty cute!
It sounds like boston to me!