Sunday, September 11, 2011

Eleven

A lesson on Filipino family words:

Kuya: big brother
Ate: (pronounced AH-tae) big sister
Nanay: (pronounced NAHN-eye) mother
Tatay: father
Tito: uncle
Tita: aunt
Lolo: grandfather
Lola: grandmother





This is a photo of Robert with the Kuya of our kids' Lola. We picked him up at his house in Las Vegas and took him and his wife with us to Salt Lake so that he could spend the past week with his baby sister.

She calls him Kuya Junior, but he said that we are not to call him that. He would prefer to be Lolo to our children. That could get confusing, because their Lolo is Robert's dad. So we settled on the name Lolo Junior, which means we are technically calling him Grandpa Junior. His wife's name is super fun to say out loud.

Lola Yoli

I dare you to say it without smiling.

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