Achtung Baby

Achtung Baby: Celebrate Bilingual Child Month? Not yet!

By Suze Nowak, Oct 23, 2011

It appears that the beer-quaffing, Lederhosen-slapping, Sauerkraut-gorging, heaving-cleavage which encompasses Oktoberfest has some competition. Given that this competition comes bearing the title "Celebrate The Bilingual Child Month" however, I'm guessing the beer-vendors are unlikely to be losing any sleep.

Achtung Baby: As ghoulish as you can please

By Suze Nowak, Oct 16, 2011

Gruselig (roughly pronounced grooselig) is a magnificent German word which amalgamates the English creepy, spooky, blood curdling, ghoulish, sinister into one rather wonderful onomatopoeic noun.

Achtung Baby: No sex please we're German!

By Suze Nowak, Oct 9, 2011

It was only a question of time. And, a believer in telling children the truth (mostly), I hadn't spent any time fretting over the potential issues which could be raised when Finje eventually reached this particular milestone.

Achtung Baby: Christmas in September and SS Santa?

By Suze Nowak, Oct 2, 2011

Disciplined to within an inch of her life, Finje knows Sunday mornings are not to be messed with.

Achtung Baby: What's in a name?

By Suze Nowak, Sep 29, 2011

The Beckhams' decision to name their daughter Harper Seven kicked up a gossiping storm amongst those who find importance in what complete strangers choose to call their kids.

Achtung Baby: Not a real girl!

By Suze Nowak, Sep 18, 2011

Boys are stupid.......were the first words out of Finje's mouth when she arrived home from kindergarten yesterday.

Achtung Baby: Fine art

By Suze Nowak, Sep 11, 2011

Finje appears to be going through a "Tortured Artist" stage at the moment. Having previously shown only sporadic interest in colouring in or painting by numbers, she has recently discovered the positive and calming aspect of picking up a crayon.

Achtung Baby or German passport, British humour

By Suze Nowak, Sep 1, 2011

I believe irony, sarcasm and.....timing to be the stalwarts of British humour. Despite her regular refusal to speak English and her penchant for sauerkraut, there is solace to be found in the fact that Finje appears to be developing a very British wit.

Achtung Baby or Shooting bears

By Suze Nowak, Aug 28, 2011

Since spotting a chap crafting his own arrows at a fair, Finje has been nothing less than obsessed with the idea of owning her own bow and arrow.

Achtung Baby or What worries our children part 3

By Suze Nowak, Aug 25, 2011

It always seems to happen around bedtime. I suppose it's not surprising. 7pm is probably a five- year-old's equivalent of our 3am.

Achtung Baby or Embarrassed by your child part 2

By Suze Nowak, Aug 21, 2011

As previously mentioned, I don't embarrass easily. It appears however, that my five year old, can, quite unwittingly (for the time being at least), induce a fiery-cheeked, sweat-inducing angst that I had hoped to thwart with the passing of adolescence.

Achtung Baby or Forced labour!

By Suze Nowak, Aug 18, 2011

I read an article this week about an 11-year-old boy in Germany, who called the police to accuse his mother of forced labour! A shocking and terrible thing.

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