I'll take it!

Before I begin with my cute little story for this week, I'd first like to say that I have officially booked my train ticket to Budapest, Hungary! I will be going on the weekend of Nov. 20-21. So mark it on the calender and wait for a (hopefully) really cool blog!

The past couple weeks I have come up with cute little nicknames for each of the kids. Each one is just one word before their name that describes them and has the same first letter as their name. For example we have 'Crazy Christoph' because...well...he's 3, enough said. And then we have 'Funny Fanny' because when she's not busy being mean and self-centered, she can actually be quite funny. She's a little comedian! When Flora heard these ones she insisted that I come up with a name for her and Timon as well. So after a few minutes of thinking we came up with 'Floppy Flora' and 'Tricky Timon'. Floppy Flora fits her because she is gymnast and is always doing cartwheels, handstands, flips etc.. She's constantly 'flopping' around the house. In fact sometimes when she eats, she'll take a bite and then stand up to do a cart-wheel, or stand on her head for a few minutes and goes back to take another bite, and continues this process until she is finished. Tricky fits Timon because he's a habitual liar and in his mind, "It sounds cool!" Each of the kids absolutely loves his/her nickname and thinks its hilarious! But after a few days, the girls decided that I needed one too. But I told them that if they wanted me to have one then they had to come up with it. After a few minutes I was beginning to regret letting them choose, especially when Flora came up with ' Ninny Nicole' ! yikes! Thank goodness she decided to try something different after I explained to her what ninny meant. :) So after a few more minutes of hard-core brainstorming she came up with my new name. The conversation went as follows. "Hey Nicole I've got it!! What about Nicka Nicole?" "Umm... Flora? I really have no idea what 'nicka' means" "UGH, Yes you do Nicole! You do know nicka!" ...me thinking..... "Actually I'm pretty sure I don't!" "You know like the store!! The shoes you always wear! You know?!?!" "OH you mean NIKE!.....I'LL TAKE IT!!! So I'm proud to announce my new name as 'Nike Nicole'! Couldn't fit better!!