It’s not easy to learn many languages at once. We can all agree on that, right? So it’s no surprise that, very often, we say funny things when we don’t intend to. And it’s not just about the individual words; not even just about the order of words in a sentence (thanks for the verbs […]
At some point during this school year, the fact that our little neighbour, Finley, was taking karate lessons, had a big impact on you. You had already mentioned to me near the end of the last school year that he was doing karate and that you wanted to do the same. I have often thought […]
That’s the title you’ve given to your favourite bedtime story right now. It’s actually called “María Ite y el chupete de su prima”. Abuela bought it for you this summer along with a few others, but you can’t get enough of this particular one. It’s about a little girl named Noa who is 4 years […]
¡Ay Elsita! Qué risas nos estás regalando estos tiempos… Hoy en el colegio has tenido un ejercicio de lectura con la letra “i”. Es la segunda letra del abecedario que te enseñan después de la “m”, con la que llevabais ya 3 semanas. Estos ejercicios son los mismos para cada letra: tienes una hoja con […]
Yay! Today you turned 3 years old. It was almost 11am, September 3rd 2007, when the doctor took you out of my big, fat belly. You didn’t cry as you were born and I couldn’t see you because a curtain blocked my view of what the doctor was doing to my abdomen; it was comforting […]
A couple nights ago, after Abuelo, Nini and mein Maud had spent the weekend with us, you refused to go to sleep. It started with some soft singing in your bed but, after half an hour, it escaladed to screaming about wanting to play with mom and dad. Sweet, but still wrong. So your dad […]
While attempting to make some mommy-friends, someone crossed our path who I would’ve loved to keep away from you for as long as possible, if not forever. This is the sort of person who can hurt your feelings because you’re you, and not the person she would have you be. After about an hour of […]
You’re almost 3 years old and I’ve been writing to/about you on and off since you were born. Some of it is written on paper… with a pen… using my hand… Zeus, I’m old! Then came facebook and I had to start sharing your genius with the world. Not everyone is lucky enough to have […]
Engrish.com
PHD Comics
Sématos
xkcd