{"id":1477,"date":"2016-09-30T00:53:31","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T05:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/john-anyan\/?p=1477"},"modified":"2016-09-30T00:53:31","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T05:53:31","slug":"birthday-boy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/john-anyan\/2016\/09\/30\/birthday-boy-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Birthday Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"

“What’s your name?”\u00a0<\/em>Elias asked the older boy in the sandbox.<\/p>\n

“Noah. And yours?” <\/em>The boy replied.<\/p>\n

“Elias.” <\/em><\/p>\n

I listened and smiled. This was the first time our boy introduced himself with his actual name — Elias<\/strong> (pronounced the German way). Before then, he was quite convinced that his real name was Li-Li and would not introduce himself any other way.<\/p>\n

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3 years ago<\/strong>, our cute and chubby Elias was born into this world. And now our energetic, passionate, and always hungry baby is turning 3 and finally knows that he has a real name that does not consist of just one repeated syllable. Happy birthday, big boy!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Elias is still cute but definitely not chubby anymore. He is still as energetic, as passionate, and as hungry as he was as a baby. He can go from laughing his head off to stomping his feet in anger within 2 seconds. He can go from running around like a triathlon athlete to watching a caterpillar intently within minutes. He can go from hugging the air out of me to whining about wanting food\u00a0several times an hour.<\/p>\n

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To celebrate his young and full life, here is his first birthday interview, recorded in his language mix of choice: mainly German, with some English words and grammar sprinkled on top.<\/p>\n

20 Questions for Elias:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. How old are you? “<\/strong>Drei!” (Holds up three fingers)\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. How old is Mommy?<\/strong>\u00a0“Hmmm…fuenfzehntausend.” (“Fifteen thousand.” Thanks, buddy.)<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. How old is Daddy?<\/strong>\u00a0“Fuenfzehntausend.” (At least Daddy is just as old as I am.)\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n
  4. What is something Mommy says to you?<\/strong> “Still” (“Quiet.” Ha!The fact that Elias started laughing hysterically after he said it tells me he wasn’t all that serious about it. I hope.)<\/em><\/li>\n
  5. What makes you happy?<\/strong>\u00a0“Wenn Daddy teilen mit mich.” (“When Daddy shares with me.”)<\/em><\/li>\n
  6. What makes you sad? <\/strong>“Wenn Daddy nicht teilen mit mich.” <\/strong>(“When Daddy doesn’t share with me.”)<\/em><\/li>\n
  7. What makes you laugh?<\/strong> “Wenn jemand so “pffffffff” oder burpsies, hahahaha!” (“When someone makes elephant noises or burps”…oh, boy humor)<\/em><\/li>\n
  8. What is your favorite thing to do? <\/strong>“Wasser trinken.” (“Drink water.” Interesting answer.)<\/em><\/li>\n
  9. What\u2019s your favorite thing to do outside?<\/strong> “Huepfen auf dem Trampolin.” (“Jump on the trampoline”)<\/em><\/li>\n
  10. Who\u2019s your best friend?<\/strong>\u00a0“Raebird und Bubby.” (Cousin love!)<\/em><\/li>\n
  11. What are you really good at?<\/strong> “Huepfen! Flip!” (“Jumping! Doing flips”)<\/em><\/li>\n
  12. What\u2019s your favorite Bible story?<\/strong>\u00a0“Noah’s ark.”<\/li>\n
  13. What is God like? <\/strong>“…wie Daddy” (“Like Daddy.” Awww. There’s some theological application there)<\/em><\/li>\n
  14. Which superhero do you want to be? <\/strong>“Makwa.” (The superhero he invented months ago)<\/em><\/li>\n
  15. What\u2019s your favorite food?<\/strong>\u00a0“Oooooobst!”\u00a0(Fruit. He could eat it all day long.)<\/em><\/li>\n
  16. What\u2019s your favorite book<\/strong>? “Piratenbuch” (Pirate book)<\/em><\/li>\n
  17. What\u2019s your favorite song? <\/strong>“Lalalalalalaaaa” (starts singing)<\/em><\/li>\n
  18. What\u2019s your favorite color?<\/strong>\u00a0“Blau.” (Blue)<\/em><\/li>\n
  19. What\u2019s your favorite animal? <\/strong>“Baby Wolf, Baby Hundi, Baby Hasi.” (“Baby wolf, baby doggy, baby bunny.” I see a theme here.)<\/em><\/li>\n
  20. What\u2019s your favorite toy?<\/strong> “Mein Superman.” (His superman action figure)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    We love you, Elias Michael!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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