Thursday, January 8, 2009

Chancho

"I need to borrow some sweats...."




Nacho Libre...One of the greatest movies of all time


Chancho = Mexican slang for pig, a person who eats like a pig


We finally named our cat. Since he eats all the food in the house (his, the dogs, ours) this is a very appropriate name. We were having such a hard time naming him something that describe his general appearance that when Dave came up with this name I sighed a sigh of relief. We voted on Sunday. Four votes for Chancho and one for socks (poor Kate). We told Katie who started crying that the cat wasn't going to be Socks that she could use socks as his middle name. so she calls the cat Chancho socks. And for the first day or so after we named him she corrected everyone that called him Chancho. "No, it's Chancho Socks" you could hear her saying throughout the day.


What other names were up for consideration? The kids had a list on the bulletin board where they wrote down any ideas and who came up with them. Here is a sampling:


*speck, smudge, socks, boots, ali, thomas, roadkill, chainsaw, pepper, corn beef hash with a tail, coon, mo jo, bo, moe, pouncer, oreo, coal, fuzzy, rosco, whiskers, mittens, speedy, and baby


I think Dave is secretly very happy his name for a pet finally won an election!

5 comments:

Soggy in Seattle said...

I have had so much fun reading all your posts! You are quite the writer, a skill I wished I possessed. I can't believe you pulled off hiding a cat in your bathroom for 2 weeks. You are the coolest parents ever. Your kids are growing so fast, even since we've seen them. I love that Sara loves to play mommy just like Kaya! They must take after us, right? :)

Soggy in Seattle said...

Oh, I forgot to mention that my mouth was watering looking at the photos of your fest, I forgot you were Martha Stewart!!!

Anonymous said...

My vote would have been for oreo, what a cute name, poor Kate, but how cute.
Love
Mom

Nicole said...

I have been anxiously anticipating this post...

I heard on the radio yesterday a creative nam- Snoop Kitty Cat. Anyways- they were asking how many pets have middle names- now yours does- that was a really good solution to your problem- I think if we ever got a pet it would have to remain nameless- emotions run VERY wild over here in this neck of the woods...

RuSty and LaLa said...

Hey we need a good middle name to go with Hanalei....any suggestions Katie?