Jack Botsci

We took the subway into Budapest last night for dinner.   We were sitting facing a couple who had a young boy in one of those slings where he was facing out toward the world on his dad's chest.  He was about 22 months old and really checking Jack out.  Pretty soon I heard him say, "Botsci " which means uncle and is a term of respect that the kids at school also use when addressing the teachers.  So, if we had chosen those terms, they would be calling us Jack Botsci  and Cathie Neni.  We started with Mr. and Mrs. Holmes, but some of my kids get a kick out of calling me Cathie Neni.  Anyway, I heard this little guy say Botsci and I said, "Igen" (yes) and pointed to Jack.  Then I pointed to myself and said "neni" and he repeated it.  His parents were beaming as we had this little exchange with their son. He kept repeating and Jack and I would just crack us up and I am sure it was a fun game and reinforcing for him.  It was quite sweet.