Language Lessons

Welcome to Cassidy-101. Cassidy has always had a knack for making up songs, friends (Wendy, her best friend based loosely off of Peter Pan) and even names for pretend (she still says to call her Marshmallow on occasion), but today she went to new heights. Yesterday we had a conversation about Spanish, since the Spanish word of the day was Hola, which means Hello. We talked about what other Spanish words she knows. Rojo means Red. Azul means Blue. Numbers 1-10. Adios means Good-bye. I was so proud of her interest in learning another language. After Cassidy's dance class we have made a tradition of eating at a local diner, which has a train going around the top, a bike mounted in the middle and other kitschy stuff. During the middle of dinner, she shouts, "That boy just said the bike was 'duntz'!" "I'm sorry, sweetie, I didn't understand you. Did you say 'duntz'?" "Yeah." "What does 'duntz' mean?" "Mommy, 'duntz' means bike. ... in Spanish."