My Pompom

Henry and Mommy saw an adorable Santa penguin at a toy store last year and had to have it. His name is Pompom, and he is the source of a ton of drama. Everyone insists he is theirs, so "MY Pompom!" is frequently shouted. When learning Japanese, George quickly became able to claim Pompom as his: boku no Pompom desu!

Georgie the Language Nerd

George has been trying to learn several written languages, including Japanese, Korean, Cyrillic, and Hebrew. It is exhausting trying to chase down new dictionaries and flashcards all the time. He is also trying to help Mommy learn Japanese but she is a slow learner. George learned all his kana in less than a week and has moved onto Kanji, while she is only halfway through hirigana. He also creates his own written languages and is working on a dictionary.

Language explosion

A hirigana worksheet he made for Mommy

Fun with Cyrillic 

More Cyrillic 

Korean study

Hangul is fun!

Softblank!

Mommy loves to take pictures of Geo wrapped up in softblank and convert them to black and white to make them look more artistic. Henry continues to insult softblank by calling it mangeblank or mb.

Japanese studies

Geo became interested in Japanese after watching some Mario Maker videos from Japan. He is teaching himself the alphabet and dragging out Daddy's ancient Japanese textbooks and dictionaries. He is even trying to learn some kanji (Chinese characters). Maybe video games aren't so bad after all...

Tantrum throwback

Anyone who has known George for a long time should remember his difficult days. He was willful and threw tantrums at a moment's notice. Luckily we had the foresight to document these behaviors.

Here is one of our favorites, taken at Red Robin 5 years ago. Enjoy!

Pandemic dining with Pixel

 

Geo's Birthday

Hard to believe that the baby of the family is now 9! We celebrated with Pixel. 

New little friend

Geo nagged and nagged so we finally broke down and bought him a Minecraft panda plush. Mommy isn't sure he is very cute but Geo insists he is. Mommy has christened him "Pixel" in honor of his pixellated appearance. Of course, H has been plotting to steal him since day 1...

Happy Fourth of July from Salinas Pueblo Mission!

Bubuhquerque

Softblank!

Just like Linus, Geo has a security blanket he wants to take everywhere. He calls it "softblank" (short for soft blanket). He insists that the only proper way to use it is with the fuzzy side facing you.

Henry is envious and is always trying to steal softblank. Lately, he has been insulting it by calling it "mangeblank" because it has gotten so mangy (or "well loved," as I like to call it).

Mangy or not, softblank and buh are here to stay! And Mommy has recently discovered that the best naps involve softblank and buh, or "sbuh" as she calls the combo.

More Buh candids