Showing posts with label snake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label snake. Show all posts

Saturday, April 7, 2007

Continue with the Snake theme

We agreed that Gwenchik will not talk about snakes, point them out or draw my attention to them in any shape.15 minute repetitive chant

Gwen: Mommy is afraid of something, but I am not going to tell.
Me: Gwenchik, I thought we agreed not to mention you-know-who
Gwen: I do not, I just sing a song without mentioning snakes

Sunday, April 1, 2007

Snake

At home I speak Russian with Gwenchik and George speaks English. Recently, Gwenchik discovered that I am morbidly afraid of snakes, which absolutely fascinates her. So every now and than she would begin discussion on the subject of my fear of snakes and we agreed that we will not talk about you-know-what

Gwen: Papa, I have a secret about mama, and I will whisper so that she would not know. Mama is afraid of .....
than she terns to me and asks
Gwen: Mama, how is you-know-what we do not talk about in English?
Me: Snake
Gwen: Papa, she is afraid of snakes!!!!! But do not say the word out loud otherwise she is afraid!