My friend Andrea Stern asked me if this was me…

Except I’m not that good at accents.  Check her out.  Her name is Lizzy.

Before Sebastian was born I asked Tashi if she’d want to call Victoria Mami if the baby called her Mami.  She said yes.  

The baby doesn’t talk yet, but Victoria and I have been all over the place trying to name each other.  She wants Mami.  So I went with Mama.  The problem is, we can’t ever remember to call each other that in front of the kids.  And Tashi already calls me Mami, so when she calls out Mami and Victoria comes running, Tashi really means me.

This morning I asked Tashi again what she and her brother will call us when he can talk.  We batted around a few ideas.  I said, “How about Tushi Mami for Victoria, because Victoria has a big butt, and Curly Mami for me, because I have curly hair?”  

Tashi said, “Tushi Mami can be a little embarrassing,” and we both laughed.

“How about Mami and Mami and if we need to decide, Mami Vicky and Mami Andrea?” Tashi said.

Smart kid.

 I said, “Hey, why don’t we get Tuffi to do our baptism?” 

“She’s not Catholic,” Victoria said.

I said, “I know, but I think of her as totally priestly.”   

Tuffi, formerly known as Stephanie, but renamed Tuffi by Tashi when Tashi was just learning to speak, is one of Tashi’s God-moms.  Tuffi presided over Tashi’s baby-naming and seemed like a total priest to me.  

  

Victoria said, “Someone Jewish can’t do a baptism.”

I said, “Why not?  It’s not like we can get a priest to do it.”

Victoria said, “Why not?”   

READ THE REST AT JEWCY.COM.  I’m guest blogging there all week! 
 

Watch my latest story.  I performed it Feb. 23rd at Lip Service 5 at Books & Books.  We had the best and biggest crowd yet.  And, according to my mother, the best show yet.  It was so much fun.  But before you click on my story, I have to tell you that the story is in two parts.  It’s only 11 minutes, but that is still 3 minutes longer than the time limit for Lip Service and too long for YouTube.  I’m sorry I went over.  I really am.  I have no excuse.  I hope you don’t mind.

     

Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel.  My brother’s dog.  He’s the star of my story.  He’s tops.

 Gringa, Lesbo, Afro Jew