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The Joy of Raising a Bilingual Child

by Dagmar on November 20, 2009

SMILE!

L bday smile

Not, not like that!

L bday smile 2

Aww, now I felt bad for having said something…

Raising Landon to be bilingual in English and German is proving to be more of a challenge to accomplish than I thought. All you bilingual parents will understand what I am talking about, and I will go into more detail about that another time, but sometimes you get these kinds of gems that are just too precious. This is the exchange Landon and I had yesterday:

Landon: “What is that?”

Me: “Das is eine Krake, an octopus.”

Landon: “That a Krakapus.”

Me (laughing): “Nein, eine Krake.”

Landon: “No, I want to say Krakapus. I like Krakapus.”

Me: “Okay, Krakapus it is.”

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IComLeavWe: Day 2 | PhD in Parenting
November 22, 2009 at 8:13 PM

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1 Melodie (16 comments) November 24, 2009 at 9:23 PM

Too cute! I’m not raising bilingual kids but it seems appropriate to share here that my daughter insists the right word for umbrella is “rainbrella.” She’s two. Works for me!

2 Annie @ PhD in Parenting (5 comments) November 22, 2009 at 2:14 PM

Oh that sounds so familiar. We hear lots of Pigge, Horsen, Dogge and other in our house.

3 Liz (14 comments) November 22, 2009 at 5:17 AM

hahaha!! That’s great!

4 Cascia @ Healthy Moms (7 comments) November 20, 2009 at 7:05 PM

That is cute! I wish I was more fluent in another language. I took German in high school and college but I think I’ve forgotten most of it. You have a smart child!

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