Spanish is slowly kicking in

Max is definitely making progress in learning Spanish. He is aware of the difference between the languages, that there is English (what Mommy and Max speak), and that there is Spanish, a language that others speak.  He often times gets frustrated and, yes, sad, that people don't understand him.  It's heartbraking at times, but he truly is a trooper and still enjoys hanging out with other kids at school. Now that he is showing awaress of both languages, I'll start introducing flash cards at home, so that he can communicate with Katy better. But communication has been his challenge from day one, so this doesn't seem like it's too unfamiliar to him.  He is quite resourceful, and tries different ways to get his poitns across.

Something cute happened this morning. Max was playing with some play dough, and was trying to tell me in what I now call Max-lish.  Max:  Jess, it's a -urle. Me: It's a squirrel?? Max: No, it's an animal that swims in water. Me: oh, it's a turtle. Max: yes, a turtle. He goes over and grabs Katy (our nany), and says: Katy, come look at my turtle. It's an animal that swims in agua!! Unprompted SPANISH!!!!!! Yes!!!!!! I was so excited for him.