Daddy's darling
"Hannes, you are Daddy's little darling, aren't ya?" is one of my favorite expressions. Hannes just looks so damn cute, so often, that in lack of better words, I just give him a huge hug and I tell him that he's my little angel.
Sometimes, we ask him if he's Daddy's darling and then if he's Mom's little cutiepie.
Now, keep in mind, that I speak Finnish with Hannes, and Jessica Swedish.
The first time I heard Hannes say "no" to me when I asked him if he was Mom's little angel, I was startled. It felt like the worst kind of favorism, and I surely didn't want Hannes to feel that yes, he was Daddy's darling, but
not Mommy's.
Until Hannes went on to say that instead of being Mommy's darling like I had said in Finnish, he sure was Mom's cutiepie, in Swedish.
All well.