The other day Isabela caught a live spider. She said, "I caught spider lips." She calls anything that looks like a spider or anything fibrous, spider lips. She grabbed a tissue from the bathroom, smashed the spider with it, and threw it away. It was great!
Later she painted my face with a clean brush used for blush. Usually she says she painted me into Dora, or Alicia. Today she said, "You a pretty girh, mommy." She doesn't quite get the 'L' pronounced. It melted my heart.
Spanglish she used today alone:
Manana my birthday party!
Tu be nice a mi.
Es mi platano (but really it was a half-deflated globo)
Viene bebe dinosaurio... y VIENE BEBE VENADO! CORRE!!
Evidently, baby dinosaur now has an imaginary friend, baby deer.
Our family conversation:
Isabela points to Brandon "Es my daddy."
Me: El es tu papa?
Isabela: No. No es papa.
I tell Brandon: That's news to me.
Me to Isabela: No es to papa?
Isabela, exasperated: No! You guys Forster's!
Me: Tu eres Forster tambien?
Isabela: Si! Soy Forster.
Then we had been in the car for 5 hours, with two crying, hungry children, late at night. With 1.5 hours still to go, we were on the look out for a McDonald's or anywhere really that the kids could get out and breathe. After 20 min, we arrived. When she sees it, Isabela laughs all excited and cries out, "I wanna abrazo a McDonald's!"
10 comments:
I love that your kids are growing up learning 2 languages. What lucky kids to have a mom like you. :)
SPIDER LIPS! I love it! She is a brave little girl, thanks for the new post. Can you translate the last one for me? Love you guys.
That's awesome :)
Abrazo is a hug. She wanted to hug McDonald's, she was SO excited!
This is Kami not mom. So can you translate all of that for me? yea i know i am your sister and should know at least that much Spanish, but what can i say? i am a Japanese girl!
Thanks! I just love reading that over and over. Lol. I can't wait until Xander and Belly talk to each other in Espanglish, its going to be so cute! I will be seeing you guys in two weeks! YAY
hmm.. i don't understand. This is all i'm getting with my kindergarten spanish:
Tomorrow my birthday party!
You be nice to me.
? my banana???
Come baby dinosaur.. and come baby dear! Follow?
You my daddy
? then not sure !! :) wonder how much i got correct!
wow i know so little Spanish, at least i can take comfort in knowing how much Japanese i know! (not that i know much!)
oh this comment and the last one were Kami by the way!
Wow! I actually understood all that! :D You had me laughing my guts out. Still am. That's so awesome. lol
You know you have been in the car WAY too long for a toddler when they scream they want to hug McDonalds. I love it! This post had me laugh out loud several times.
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