It's little moments like these that remind me that although Brenna is a native English speaker, was born in the US, spends every summer in Wyoming, and holds a US passport, she's not your typical American pre-teen. She just doesn't have the same experiences and background knowledge as her American counterparts. I laughed at her discovery of the Milky Way and told her it was Oma's favorite chocolate bar.
Where did I go wrong? I am a total chocoholic. My daughter is 11 and just tried a Milky Way for the first time? Have I been depraving her? What other delicious chocolate treats have been neglected? Surely she's had a Snickers and Reeses, but what about Twix? Has she experienced the cookie crunch?!? Baby Ruth? Mr. Goodbar? Butterfinger? I have definitely found a teachable moment. My mission is clear. My daughter needs to experience her home culture. It's what any good mother would do!
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I just love that an 11-year-old boy dressed as Lady Gaga ... that would be unbeatable!!!
And it is soooooo sad that your poor deprived daughter is just discovering Milky Ways now!!! The horror! The inhumanity! You must work on this STAT!
Great stuff, Colleen!
As you might recall, my 12-year old son, Julian, was born on Halloween, and it's hard for me to imagine him not having a traditional American Halloween (for better or worse) on his birthday. As you also might recall, we've thought about living abroad, and the Halloween thing, as hard as it is to believe, never crossed my mind. I'm not really sure how he'd handle not having the whole huge American Halloween experience.
Looking GOOD Bren!
Missing you guys!
Funny, I always thought those were the Mars - bars. I guessed they just used any wrappings they could get in the eighties. We were forced to believe the MIlky Ways were some sort of whipped chocolate mousse with no caramel, I preferred the Mars. BUt they are so bad for your teeth, tell that to Brenna. And all the best from the heart of darkness where the sun supposedly rises at 9 a.m. never shows during the day and finally at 4 p.m. its is dark again.
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