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March 31, 2006
She's not lost
Azmina surprised us earlier this week by counting to 12, in Spanish, with perfect pronunciation - complete with Castilian lisp. By perfect I mean applying correct stress points within words. It helps that she watches Dora the Explorer everyday, but it's her school, which is just over a mile from Spanish Harlem, that had been a good influence. She comes home saying things like "vámonos" and "buenas noches". We try to talk to her with the little Spanish that we have, but it usually leads to the shortest of conversations.
As usual Farizah was mostly minding her own business. She had an apple which she bit in 26 different places, and dug her fingers in 40 more. Sometimes it's difficult to keep up. They don't seem to need the same amount of rest as us adults. This morning they rose the same time as the sun. They don't always do things that are already supposed to be routine. They take less time to have their food. They move faster than we normally do. They are louder than we usually are.
Tomorrow we hope we can exhaust them before they wear us out.
Posted by quickness at March 31, 2006 11:48 PM