oh Jakob....

Two new Jakobisms from today:

The scene: Beth is practicing English with Jakob and after working through our favorite colours and what we would paint the walls;

Beth: I love your pirate ship
Jakob: Was heisst 'love'?
Beth: I love... I love blue and you love red
Jakob: oh!
Beth: Do you know what I love?
Jakob: of course! - Me. (said so seriously!)
Beth: um ok. and do you love me?
Jakob: umm Ok.

Ahh to feel appreciated!
it got better though:

Scene: Walking past the wall memorial near Jakob's school, there is a stone in the footpath to the memory of "Rudolph Ulrich" one of the many who were killed trying to get to the other side of the wall and escaping the east. Jakob asked me to read it to him:

jakob: Why did they kill him?
Beth: well he was trying to get away and they didn't want that
Jakob: well why didn't he fly?
Beth: umm I'm not sure.. I don't think he would have been able to
Jakon: but why not? He can fly
Beth: Maybe he couldn't that night?
Jakob: so how did Christmas take place then?
Beth: umm .. (then it clicked..) Jakob, Rudolph was a man! Not a reindeer..
Jakob: Oh! I thought you meant the reindeer was killed and that made me sad because then Santa must have had a very hard christmas.

Good to see that Berlin history is being rewritten with a festive feel..