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A sequel to this post. The other day we were in the grocery store that has the inner starbucks, and stopped for a treat. I got an iced latte and she got a biscotti. It took her a few tries to pronounce it right. And then,

her: Biscotti? Some type of cookie?

me: Yeah its that long cookie you sometimes get.

her: Biscotti. hmmmm, lets see. Spanish?

me: No, its a different language. Italian.

her: Talian!

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Later that same night when we were getting her ready for bed, she started singing one of the Spanish songs. One where they name the articles of clothing.

her: Who is wearing a vestido? Lilah?

me: No, Lilah is wearing a camisa.

her: Camisa. (grabbing her shirt). Pantalones! (grabbing her sweatpants). Mommy is wearing a vestido?

me: Vestido is a dress. Mommy is wearing a falda. A skirt.

her: Falda is a skirt, vestido is a dress.

her: hmmm…. what’s Tuhtah mean?

me: Oh, you mean when daddy calls your dress a tuhtah? That is a whole nother language. That’s how you say dress in Assyrian.

her: Whole other language!

..He hasn’t said that to her in a long time so I was really surprised she remembered that and made the connection that it also meant dress in a language other than English.

That is all.