Granka

Little  2 year old 3.1 being of an American mother, an English father but going to a  Dutch speaking daycare and just really getting into her language skills, has developed a unique set of words that combine the two languages.  The parents have been working very hard to get her to say Grandpa and Grandma but what she has come up with her own word Granka which is evidently a unisex word since she uses it for both of us.  We asked # 3 if this was a Dutch term but no it is evidently her own creation from an English root with a sort of Dutch suffix. 

#3 was pretty insistent when planning for this trip that she wanted sunshine and warmth after a number of winter trips here that caught us in our infrequent really cold spells.  We have obliged.

3A Exalting in New Mexico Blue Skies and Sunshine

3.1 find Granka (female version) very funny

(They aren't eating al fresco like this in Amsterdam these days!)