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And Then There Were Two

08/31/09

My young family was blessed in August with the arrival of our second son, Samuel. Since his arrival, there’s been nothing but happiness, joy, fun, and sleep-deprivation in our family, and both my wife and I walk around blissfully smirking in a state of deep contentment and sad dishevelment. One of the many things that didn’t occur to me before Samuel arrived was a potential benefit of being a second child, beyond inheriting nicely broken-in shoes–Samuel will have a degree of exposure to Spanish language conversations at home that our first son Gabriel didn’t have. So as I find myself holding Samuel in my arms while I converse with Gabriel in Spanish, I can’t help but hope that all those words that are being…

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In Case of Emergency, Scream in Spanish

08/01/09

This may be just wishful thinking, but I see the following anecdote as a sign of how deeply rooted Spanish is in Gabriel’s brain: One recent night, after putting him to bed, I lumbered downstairs and started conjuring up idyllic images of my wife and me, placidly planting our derrieres on the couch to watch “I Love Money 2” or some such delightfully mindless trash. Fifteen or so minutes into our guilty pleasure, we began hearing faint whimpers coming from the baby monitor receiver in the living room. Very quickly, the whimpers turned into loud cries that alternated with words that were unintelligible to me. Now, this is not an uncommon occurrence; my boy Gabriel some times goes on rants that last up to…

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