"How do you say Columbia in Spanish?"

Another fun day in York! School first and then we were off to new friends house. This family goes to my mom'a preschool...the mom is from Columbia, the dad is from a French part of Canada and they have 2 boys...both with beautiful Spanish names. The girls had a blast with them! Both boys speak English, Spanish and French! We had been there for about an hour or so when Whipper finally took notice to their mom speaking to them in Spanish...she came right over to me and asked "what language do they speak?" So I told her...then we she went about her playing until lunchtime...we got the kids all seated and then I hear Whipper ask the 6 yr old boy "How do you say Columbia in Spanish?" It was priceless...the boy replied "Columbia"

But, we had a wonderful visit with them and a yummy lunch...and fantastic Columbian coffee with this incredible cane...what they call sugar. It was a dark brown and smelled like brown sugar but it wasn't brown sugar. I wish I had some for tomorrow morning! And it was interesting to just see the dynamic...all centered around spending time with family and friends...sitting back and just enjoying the time. All things my sister in Argentina has been talking about in her blog...different way of life...the way it should be! The mom gave me some tips on teaching Spanish to the girls...she really believes in full immersion and recommended letting them watch some of their favorite shows in Spanish! I'm gonna give it a try!

After naps...yes all 3 napped! We had fun just hanging out at the house practicing our address, phone number, days of the week and months of the year...and we hit up the park after dinner. 

We started our 2nd read aloud the other night Dolphin Adventure...we literally were on chapter 2 when we started reading tonight and finished the book! Such a great passionate story...true story! Of a scuba diver who saves a baby dolphin who had fishing hook embedded in his tail...girls were very drawn in to it. Ironic that we went fishing earlier this week so it was so perfect that they knew what a fishing hook and line looked like. 

Today, was a day of lots of reminding when it comes to manners...I look forward to the day when one of them says please or thank you the first time without needing a reminder....the little things....

She point to the pit and said "I don't like that"