Last night at dinner Rachel astonished me by counting almost perfectly to 10 in Spanish! Turns out they are teaching her some words and numbers in Spanish in preschool.
The other night when Drew made some comment or other about speaking Spanish, the conversation went like this:
Rachel: Corduroy speaks Spanish! (Corduroy is the stuffed bear in the beloved kids' series in the 1970s that I remember reading as a kid. One of the best things about being a parent is you have a perfect excuse to re-read all those great books you read as a child!)
Drew: I think he speaks English, doesn't he?
Rachel: Well, Lisa (Corduroy's pre-teen owner) speaks English and Spanish.
Drew: That's right, she does!
Rachel: What do YOU speak?
Drew: I speak English, and and some Spanish, and a little bit of French.
Rachel: Say something in French!
Drew: Ou est la salle de bain?
Rachel: What does THAT mean?
Drew: It means, "Where is the bathroom?"
Rachel: Oh. (Pause). Can you say it in Hebrew?
As Drew says: She keeps us on our toes, that one.
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