Comments on: ‘Your sons are killing me’ August 08

By: Erik R.

Erik R. — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:09:11 +0000

What Jane said. All of it.

By: DarkoV

DarkoV — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:10:19 +0000

uhmmm,
That should be “Baba”, not the mis-spelled “Bab”, as in “Bob” or “Babe”, in that second sentence. Not that I’m inferring that Baba Sofii in not a babe; she may well be as the average age of Bulgarian women is, like, 156, and she seems to be just a touch over 80.

By: DarkoV

DarkoV — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:07:09 +0000

The boys certainly don’t look the worse for the wear. I’m figuring since there are no pics of the parents, the same may not be true for them. Liters of yoghurt should cure that..plus longer visits by Bab Sofii.

I don’t understand the visit to Ikea. Isn’t most of Ikea’s stuff made in Bulgaria/Roumania/Eastofslovenia? Can’t you just step out the door of your (what looks like a beautiful) apartment and find piles of Drecken, BojToj, VritNos on the corners, unpackaged? Or is this just my imagination run rampant as to life in Bulgaria, fueled by the mention of “flaming dumpsters” in the comments of your last post?

Well, the sun is shining, your sons are shimmering, and your ongoing childlogue is, as ever, stimulating.

By: jane

jane — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:31:23 +0000

What Erik said. All of it.

By: KP

KP — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:04:36 +0000

Were you drilling with a cow, too? Or did Alek somehow associate orange plastic cow with pictures of duckies that happened as a result of a drill? The minds of babes will remain a mystery. The Balkan Boys are looking gorgeous. Congratulations on making it through Ikea with all four of you. I am both impressed and jealous, as I was not blessed with the ‘patience for Swedish mass design’ gene.

By: Elsa

Elsa — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:47:10 +0000

My Proper Auntie Hindbrain sees one fact rising above all other facts in this lovely photo-essay, and it is:

So, a(nother) stuffed lion wouldn’t go amiss come Christmas-time? You have the beginnings of a pride there.

RAWWWWR! I’m the scary LI-on!

By: Jessie

Jessie — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:48:21 +0000

Many, many kisses form Italy to You – our “balkan” friends!!!

By: gaoo

gaoo — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:19:44 +0000

And look at all the strachni levs! Some things don’t change, thank God. Although the boys are ENORMOUS.

By: gaoo

gaoo — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:14:33 +0000

What kind of crazy land is this Bulgaria which has both 1) IKEA and B) cassette tapes -or at least their remains. Yet no bike helmets. You’d think IKEA would sell them.
P.S. Quit agonizing over your self imposed deadlines. We don’t even notice that posts should come on a certain date. We just think, gosh, it’s been a while. Where are they? I hope everything is ok! And I sure would like to see some Bulgarian sunrises. But no pressure!

By: Erik R.

Erik R. — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:58:51 +0000

Hey! There’s nothing wrong with extended photo captions.

Congrats on the successful move. The big boy bed and the tricycle are big steps. Good work, Sir Alek.

I would also remind you that September only has 30 days, so start working on your draft.