A Spanish Breakthrough!

As I previously wrote, passing on the Spanish language to P is very important to me.  I’ve been focused on it and making a big effort. It’s been hard to be honest. I’d prefer to speak to her in English.  I know passing on my first language will and is very good for her.  Besides giving her many opportunities it will tie her to her roots.


On the way to yoga today P and I had the following dialogue out of the blue:
P:  How do you say scuba diver in Spanish?
Me: Buceador
P: How do you say tree in Spanish?
Me: Arbol.
P: How do you say branch in Spanish?
Me: Rama
P: How do you say dog in Spanish?
Me: Perro.


And this went on for a little while until I asked her why she wanted to know. She replied “because I like speaking in Spanish”.  OMG!  This is huge. HUGE!  I can’t believe she likes it and wants to learn it!  And again I’m wondering where the interest came from. But I’ll take it any way it comes!