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The Name Game
This month is my turn to act as “managing editor” over at the Arkansas Women Bloggers site. In the process of organizing and linking to about 100 blogs in the past two days, I’ve noticed that a lot of bloggers have assigned aliases to their family members. Perhaps just for fun, or maybe to protect anonymity, or maybe because everyone else is doing it. For example, my friend “The Park Wife” blogs about her husband, “Big Buckaroo” and her two “Little Buckaroos”. This is actually a witty play off of the family name, which I will not reveal. Kim at What Am I Going to Be When I Grow Up? calls herself Kim, but her husband is “Burly Surfer Dude” (or BSD for short) and her daughters are “Big Ballerina” and “Little Ballerina”. Over at Chasing My Bees, the author’s daughter is “Ladybug”. I’m assuming that’s not her real name, at least.
So, this is a blogging practice that I have not followed, partially because good nicknames for my crew don’t immediately spring to mind. And I was just wondering – do you have any good ideas for blog aliases? I will think on it too, and get back to you… I don’t think Craig would appreciate “Dish Pan Man”, but it has a nice ring to it, don’t you think?
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I’ve noticed that a lot too — but the only things I’ve come up with are Daisy Dad and Daisy Daughter — my sons, for the most part, haven’t played much of a roll in my blog! Not too creative, but they work.
Thanks for finding me — I would love be involved in the Arkansas Women Bloggers site.
My alias should be Toyota – conceived in Japan, but born in the USA. Our kids would be Hiroshima and Nagasaki… because they are the bomb and it’s an obscure connection to their Japanese heritage – but mostly because that’s what our house looks like after they play. Which I guess would make Fawn the Enola Gay.
hi fawn! my friend that blogs http://www.navywifeonadiet.blogspot.com/ calls her husband sailor, and her son’s sailorboy and sailorbaby… thats all i got cause it’s hard enough for me to read a blog let alone write one 🙂
Hey! Thanks for the comment!
Actually, the name of my blog is a play on the names of our three kids- each begin with the letter B, and so I am literally chasing my Bees around all day! My kids tend to go by a few names on the internet- B1 is The Boy, who is also Pooter. B2 is The Girl, who is also Ladybug. B3 is The Baby, who also goes by The Bunny.
I didn’t quite realize that it’s become fashionable to nickname your kids on your blog, but I think it’s fun to see what different parents/bloggers come up with!
Hi! You left a comment on my blog (or so I thought) but for whatever reason, it is not showing up on the blog…just came to me via e-mail. Anyway, thanks for visiting. I probably should have done the nickname thing but apparently I am not creative enough. Now that I am 1000 posts into this blog, it is probably too late. I love reading what others have come up with though.
That’s a great idea. Some children watch too much TV. I have a little couch like your little boy is on. I have used it for four grands. Your children are so cute. Doylene
Thanks Doylene. We got that little couch at a resale shop over 2 years ago, and it has been a huge favorite with our kids and all their friends.