se habla español

This sign says: SPANISH ONLY PLEASE.
Brad puts this on his shirt whenever we go to Spanish Home fellowship. He wants people to try to converse with him in Spanish only. It has worked really well. We are all happy to help him out. I think it is cute :)

family away from family.

Our Spanish home fellowship, it is most definitely family, family for the fun times and family for the times when it requires our time, our help. What is family, if not a group that supports and encourages and is there for each other. I like fun just as much as the next person, but true friends are those who are there for it all. :) Since all our families live far, most of them countries away, we have bonded close to these peeps.

new blog: made in spanish.

I just started up a new blog. Yes, another one! oh, goodness...
I am in the process of realizing just how important it is that I impart my bilingualism to my children. The blog is: Made in Spanish. My goal of raising bilingual children.

The blog is in Spanish, but along the sidebar I have a computer translator for any of the English speaking folk who want to meander over. I will issue a WARNING!: the computer translator is sometimes pretty inaccurate, so keep that in mind, it is a computer and not a person so it translates literally or something, anyway I tried it and saw that it does make quite a few mistakes. But it should give you the general idea.

The reason for blogging in Spanish is that because I have absolutely NO exposure to Spanish right now, and if I am trying to speak it on a regular basis...I need to think in it, write in it and be immersed as much as possible. So, it won't only be stuff about my kids and the process, I will write in Spanish, because it is a language I love...so it should be fun!!

Today I began my mission of speaking to the boys in Spanish...jackson laughs, he thinks I am making up a language because that is what he does a lot. I will get the kinks figured out, and that is why I have a blog for it. If you know of anyone who is interested in blogging about bilingual issues send them my way. I'd love to talk with people even if they are not working with the same language pair (Spanish/English).

Wish me luck! I have resisted this long enough, the time will never get any better.
HERE WE GO! AHHHHH...Que Dios me guarde.