Has anybody experience in looking after English speaking children in Czech Republic? Something like „miniškolka“ where are Czech and English childern together (1 or 2 mine and 1 or 2 English speaking)

Hi Chocolatka, I am used to cooking only sweet cakes of courgettes, but my sister usually prepares „bramboráky“ of it. There are many recipes (with courgettes) and I like to read them and I try to imagine how tasty it would be if I cooked something like that… 

jarmi1, I am sorry I have no such experience

Hi all brave mothers. Today I have found several American idioms and I learnt these (maybe)useful sentences:

– I am really BUSHED. I have been ON THE GO all weeklong.

– My little boy was running in the garden in his BIRTHDAY SUIT.

– The father tried to tell his son about the BIRDS AND THE BEES.

– Brake a leg!

God night, everybody.

@Fife – great idioms! The last one is BREAK a leg, and GOOD night 

I learned from my friend in the theatre that when someone tells you BREAK A LEG, you're NOT supposed to say THANK YOU, but I can't remember what you're supposed to say!

Maybe : Čert tě vem!

We say ZLOM VAZ! in our republic.

Jarmi,
I don't have any experience, sorry.

Fife,
nice idioms. What a pitty I don't understand them . I understand the first one (I'm bushed, I've been on the go) and the last (break a leg).
Birthday suit – does it mean „naked“?
Birds and the bees…
Well, I had to look it up . How old is your son? And what exactly did your husband tell him?

Hi Chocolatka, I think that you got it!

I like BIRTHDAY SUIT most of all.

And you know in Czech we usually speak about bees and flowers and we are trying to explain something about childbirth (and conception)  

I just don't understand how children can get it from talking about bees and flowers .
I told my children the truth. But I'm not an average parent (for this subject)- I studied biology at Pedagogical Faculty and I try to teach them lots of things when there is an opportunity . Sometimes my husband tries to obstruct me saying: „poor boys!“ 

You know my children did not know any stories about crows and storks as well. They used to go through a special book for children again and again…

I think that children are able to understand many things.
„Lucky boys!“ 

I remember that when I had a big belly and my first child knew that inside is her brother or her sister we had a lot opportunities to speak about this topic. But I have to add that I really disliked when the adults used to ask my little daughter: Do you want a brother or a sister?
You know I understand that you can ask: „Do you want milk or juice?“ And then you are going to give the person for example milk. But I think that if you ask somebody: „Do you want cheese or chocolate?“ and if the person says cheese, you give him/her the other thing?

I am not sure if anybody who is reading these my words understand what I would like to try to say, but I really „hate“ the simple question: „Do you want a brother or a sister?“(I think that this question is unfair.)

And what about you , readers? I think, that you do not have any problem with this question,do you?

I have heard another stupid cliché: (We have 2 girls and the youngest is boy). You can imagine what it is 

I tried to say that we would be happy with 3 girls or 3 boys but I realised that they really don´t want to hear any answer. It´s only other way to say „These are cute children“ .

I fully understand.
We've got three boys and even now, when somebody finds this out, is convinced that we tried to have a girl.
Ironically, if I had been able to choose, I would have chosen a boy . Nobody believes .
When I was pregnant and somebody asked me: „What would you like to have?“, I answered: „A child.“ 

English clichés: h4e.cz/2009021102

I really do understand you girls. I hate such stupid questions as well. Everyone asked me what we are going to have. I used to say… I'm totally sure it is a boy, for 50%

Our son was totally confused when I told him that in my big belly is a baby, but there is no baby in grandpa's

Now we have one boy and one girl. Honestly I rather wanted either two boys or two girls. Because I had a sister and we had amazing relationship. I believe the difference between boys and girls doesn't allow something like this … I hope I'm wrong now
Anyway I love them not because their sex but themselves!

I hope you understand what I mean

Hi mothers. Thank you all.

I would like to share with you something, what I like, but, you know, we are going to change our clocks and watches by one hour and I really do not like it. 

But if you want to read something interesting, I have found this today:

http://www.webexhibits.org/…aving/k.html

What abou you? Do you like these changes?

Good „short“ night!

Have a nice Sunday!

If I had my way, we'd stay on summer time (we call it „daylight savings time“ in the US) all year. I always prefer having the extra light in the evening.

And speaking of which – is it just me, or does anyone else remember it getting dark much earlier in winter than it has in recent years? I seem to recall that when I was working in the early 90's, it would be dark outside at 4 pm in the winter, and now it seems like it never gets dark before 4:30 or even later. Maybe less pollution?

Today I have read an advertisement for tomorrow´s issue of Lidové noviny: There is more than 40 schools in Czech Republic where children are taught in English.
http://www.lidovky.cz/…/ln_veda.asp?…

I can´t see how good child have to be at English to attend this sort of school. He or she can´t know English only from school lessons. Am I right?