I missed so much! Teach me to go to work! ;)
Okay, well Alty is pretty easy actually. My original username was Altenweg, my last name. No one could spell it, and it was way too long, so someone shortened it to Alty. I don't even remember who. Anyway, I too didn't think I'd stick around on this site, so I picked a name I knew I'd remember. A while back I begged to have it changed to Alty. I'm pretty sure I had to give up my first born to have it done, but seeing as he's a 13 year old boy, no one has come to collect him. :)
Nicknames for my kids. Well, Syd was "Boo" when she was little, because she looked like Boo from Monsters Inc. A friend started calling her that, and still does, but he's the only one that can get away with it now. Sneezy calls her Dimples, but, again, he's the only one that's allowed to call her that. I call her Syd, or Sydney bean.
When Jared was little I called him Mr Munch, because that kid ate everything he could get his hands on. Schatzie (sweetie in German), and now it's Jare bear (which he hates). Seeing as he's 13 now, and a typical teen, most times he's called brat, but usually not to his face. ;)