Several of C’s friends and acquaintances are bi-lingual – speaking both English and Spanish. Even Madrina (one of his godmothers) speaks Spanish.<\/p>\n
I don’t.<\/p>\n
A few days ago, we were out and about when someone sneezed. Several people said “Bless you!” and I (as is my habit) said “Gesundheit!” Realizing that C probably had no idea what I’d just said, I looked at him, “that means ‘god bless you’”<\/p>\n
He nodded. “I know. It’s Spanish.”<\/p>\n
Most of the crowd nearby chuckled at this, so we just kind of moved on.<\/p>\n
Now, his Spanish is getting a bit worse. This evening at dinner, he started yelling at his little brother. I don’t remember the exact syllables, but it was your basic 3-year old wordless gibberish. When I say yelling, I should put it in better context. The two boys like to torment each other by yelling\/growling. It’s not like C was angry or anything, he was just picking on his little brother.<\/p>\n
Of course, J stopped him. “Hey! Is that being nice? You have to be nice to your little brother!”<\/p>\n
Without missing a beat, C looked at her with his angel-face. “I know, momma. I know. I wasn’t yelling at him. I was speaking Spanish. I was being nice.” He nodded. “Very nice.”<\/p>\n
Note to self: learn Spanish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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