Monday, September 15, 2008

Ella - Hmmm, with no nickname yet!


In our family, as in most I'm sure, our kids always have some nickname. A demonstration of love, in fact, the more nicknames you have the more loved you may be. So what about Ella?

Anna has: Annabella, BelaRus, Rus, SwissMiss
Niklas has: Niko, Piko, Pickle, PicodeGayo, NikoSuave
Alexander has: Xander, Xandoff, XanderMander, Commander Xander, Xanadoo
Stan has always been Stan the Man, StanO, Babe
And Me? Aim, Amaherst, Amers, Mom, Stupid (the last are lovingly from the kids)
So far, Ella is just Ella; Her actual name is Elizabeth but we have always affectionately called her Ella... I am sure we will.

(Stan just commented, "Her name can be EllaRus, because she is not a "B" like Anna") Hmmm... I think not!

Soccer Season Here We Come!

It's soccer season! A first for us! I am of the philosophy that children should be children as long as they can... at our house this means they get to play in the desert across the street, making swords & guns out of rocks & sticks; and finding burried treasure in the mounds of dirt left from the construction work.

So finally in his seventh year soccer life for Alexander begins & he's a star! I thought he may be frightfully shy like he is in primary sharing time when they call on him; but to my surprise he LOVES soccer. It's just as if he's playing in the yard with all his friends. He has even scored 2 goals in his two games! Ronaldinho watch out!