Shukran Habibi

One of the things that our boys have learned how to say in Arabic and to say it well is this phrase, "shukran habibi" (ha-bee-bee)  It means, thank you, my love.  Habibi is a word that people use ALL the time here and they say it to everyone, especially to kids.  Usually people will see kids and say "oooohhhh habibi"  or "hayaati", which means my life.  It is very cute, and people are very kid friendly in this part of the world.

So our boys have learned to say it whenever they get a chance and they know they will get a good response.  Most often it is when we are in a taxi to the taxi drivers.  Like tonight, we went to a friend's house for dinner and on the way there they said it a couple of times to the taxi driver, who laughed and tried to get them to repeat it a number of times.  He thought it was the cutest thing, which I have to admit is pretty cute to hear these little 4 and 2 year olds speaking in another language.  It is funny too because every once in awhile Caleb will throw a Thai word in there.  The boy has such an amazing memory.

Anyway, just wanted to share that small bit of info for a glimpse into our world.