Monday, March 3, 2014

In my mouth, 4 fall down and Muy Bien

We were having dinner yesterday, chili and corn bread.  Dylan was needing a lot of hands on attention yesterday to get his food down--I know, not like Dylan, but lately it has been more and more of an occurrence.  Michelle and I were deep in conversation when Dylan starts interrupting us......
"Mommy? Hey, Mommy."   We both turned to look at him.
He points to Michelle's plate at her corn bread sitting there and says, "Mommy, I want little bit of that in my mouth."  And then smiles real big.  Apparently, it doesn't matter who's plate what is on.  If Dylan wants a little bit of "that" in his mouth, he gets it.
As he is eating it, he looks over at us both.  With corn bread stuffed in his mouth he says, "Thank".  It was classic.

During this same Sunday dinner, we were engaging the boys as to what they learned at Church that day. Blake mentioned he had two "different teachers" today---substitutes.  Dylan went on a walk in nursery around the church and looked at pictures of Jesus for a bit.  There is a picture of Jesus on the shore with boats in the background--Jesus is calling Simon Peter to come follow him.  So, I asked Dylan about that picture.  "Did you see a picture with Jesus by the water, the one with boats?"
"Yes, " he says.
"How many boats were in the picture?"
"Hmmm, 1, 2, 3, 5"
I looked puzzled and asked him, "1, 2, 3, 5, what happened to 4"
He looks up at me and responds, "He fall down."

As those with kids know quite well, kids go through stages of TV programs and movies.  They'll watch one over and over and over again for a few weeks or a month and then move onto the next show or movie.  The process repeats itself.  Right now, Dylan is on a show called, Go, Diego, Go.  A little kid runs around saving animals with the help of other animals.  He does all this while speaking English but throws in Spanish words now and again.  Dylan calls him,"Ego"  I guess the "Di" part of the kid's name is silent.  :)
So, last night, we were getting the boys ready for bed, baths, pj's, brushing teeth, etc..  I turned to Michelle after talking about something and said, "Muy bien."
Dylan runs into the room from the bathroom with toothbrush in hand and says "Ego, say 'Muy ben'."
It was pretty funny.  Apparently, our kid is bilingual now, even from the bathroom.  So, thanks, Ego for your help.

Well let's it for me this time.  Stay tuned to future installments.



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