My-geria

My RR's are still not over their vacation and insist at every turn that they want to go back. RR#1 cried at every turn for about a week and RR#2 loudly proclaimed to anyone who would listen: "Gwanpaw's in My-geria, I going to My-geria!" - read, Nigeria.

They've picked up quite an ensemble of local colloquialisms, if you can imagine the following said in the deep slightly guttural Nigerian accent: "Ah, ah!", "see me trouble o!" and my personal favorite "abeg go jo!". And the thing is that I would actually be ready to take them half seriously if they didn't dissolve into gut-wrenching, hysterical laughter every time they said them. It's like, to them, the words are so unbelievably silly, they couldn't possible hold any real meaning right? And the funny thing is that I kind of get that...considering the range of gesticulations and facial expressions that usually accompany the phrases.

And to make matters worse, I actually do use those phrases with them, often in all seriousness and where do you think that gets me? Zip. Eat your food, jo! Stop that, ah-ah?! Abeg, move, jo! All result in fits of hysterical laughter. So I'm going to have to find some new threats and phrases that will actually resonate in their tiny, warped little minds. Spanglish perhaps? J/k...lol.