dict.finlay.org

There is an online service for German translations at the site: dict.leo.org. The following are a selection of Finlay's words, along with their own translations:

tatu tata / tata tatee - firetruck
Bus - Chris(topher)
Mama - Christine
Baffy - Cathy
Oma Annaliese - Oma Annaliese
abadee abadah - small song sung while walking
ei auto - police car
Bus arbeite - Chris is working
Kaschenfutter - cat food
Kasche - cat
Peeshy - Finlay
Minly - Finlay
Manda - Amanda (child at daycare)
Kita - daycare
ticketacka - clock
Glasses - eyeglasses
bibababa - bellybutton
Beer - beer
Mama no peeshy laufe - Mama, no, Finlay wants to walk around
Aua - cut, scrape, bruise
nenenene! - no! (shouted at table, floor, whatever hit Finlay)
gigeh - trinken / drinking
zu! - said to any door that might be open
Bama! - President of the United States

Baby, bah!

We took a train to Göttingen last weekend to visit Oma Annaliese, Finlay's great-grandmother. Photos to follow. We had a seat in a compartment on the train, and Finlay watched as a little girl (perhaps a year old) crawled down the aisle followed by her mother (for clarity... the mother wasn't crawling). The little girl noticed Finlay and the two waved and smiled and smacked the glass. Then the little girl threw up on the floor.

Finlay looked at the girl with immense disapproval and said "baby, bah!" "Bah!" is what he hears when something is dirty or otherwise unpleasant (diapers, cat box, or food that falls on the floor).

This photo was taken just before that. Here, Finlay is playing with a car that Cathy (Canadian grandmother) gave him.

Sorcerer's Apprentice (Zauberlehrling)

Here is Finlay last Sunday at a local fountain which has water jets that almost randomly go up and down in walls. Finlay loves playing with the water in the fountain, running through the jets and dancing around them. In one of these photos, he is trying to conjure the jets to recede - which didn't work so well. When he's taller... He is just big enough to avoid being knocked down by the jets, but he did learn not to sit on them and stare down at them to see if they come back up again.

Recliner

Here is Finlay last night in a reclining chair on the bank of the Spree, and Finlay with his grandmother Cathy on Sunday evening. Cathy ("Baffy") was here in Berlin for 12 days. Lots more photos to follow!

Boat Cruise on the Neckar

Here is Finlay with Philipp, a friend of ours, on a boat trip through the Neckar Valley last Saturday evening. Finlay went to sleep in the middle of things, and Philipp was kind enough to serve as a comfortable recliner for him. Thank you Philipp!

Breakfast in Heidelberg

This is from last weekend in Heidelberg, where Finlay and his parents visited Frankonia. We all had breakfast in Cafe Journal, (now "Extrablatt"), a traditional breakfast restaurant on the Heidelberg Hauptstrasse. Finlay was not in fine form that morning, refusing almost everything from the breakfast buffet and spilling cranberry juice on his parents.

Finlay with Waterwings

Here is Finlay on the way to the swimming pool this morning - unfortunately the pool wasn't yet open when we got there, and Finlay was asleep by the time it did open. Next time...

Beach Volleyball

This is Finlay last Thursday watching his first game of beach volleyball (thanks to Sheridan from RT5 for organizing!). Someone here must have spiked their own court...

A River Runs Through It

Here are Christopher and Finlay in a small river in the Volkspark Friedrichshain on Sunday afternoon. We did not catch any fish.