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“Thank you” or “Gracias” or “감사합니다 (kam-sa-ha-mni-da)”
While driving with Leighton earlier today we were talking about how to say “thank you”. His preschool class has been learning basic Spanish. The conversation went a little like this- “Mommy I know how to speak Spanish” “Oh, really?” “Yes, I say, “Gracias” and that means thank you in Spanish” “That’s right Leighton” “Yeah, […]
MoreBoys and Bugs
Being a mom, I’m not real sure what the fascination is between boys and bugs. I like to look at lady bugs and I love watching butterflies flitter across my garden and I always get excited if I get to see a praying mantis, but bugs are bugs, and even then they are creepy crawlies. […]
MoreThe Great Flood
When people think of Colorado, rain is not usually their first thought. Snow, sunshine, mountains usually come to mind. I think that’s because most years we are lucky to get 15 inches of rain, usually we average around 12. Last week we got 17 inches, most of it in one day. Needless to say the […]
MoreCopy Cat
Caedmon has reached the age where he likes to do what he sees the rest of us doing. I remember this stage with Leighton, but it seems more pronounced and apparent with Caedmon, perhaps because he has a bigger brother that he is following and imitating. One of the areas that I have seen this […]
MoreTeachable Moments
I don’t know what it was that sent Leighton into a tail spin tonight. Somehow we went from playing happily to having a full out melt down by the end of bath time. In all honesty I think we’ve had a number of busy days and he is exhausted. He, however, is very much like […]
MoreKorean Lesson 1
As promised I will provide some Korean words that I am learning. I have been listening to podcasts from http://www.talktomeinkorean.com and have kind of figured out how to say “hi” and “thank you”. I’ll start with “hi” for this lesson. 안녕 + 하세요 = 안녕하세요. [an-nyeong] [ha-se-yo] Unless you can read Korean, I reccommend going […]
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