Clay is now a genius

Ok -

I wear out my entire family (and many of the extended folk) with trying to teach my kids Spanish. I know they think it's silly, but I really enjoy knowing what Spanish I remember and think it's important for the kids to learn another language, even if they eventually pick some other language. I don't remember near as much as I should but I remember basic conversation and lots of words. I can't really conjugate any verbs so I can only speak in the present tense, but I get by and can be friendly with the ladies at the supermarket.

SO... when we do go to the market, I make the kids make basic conversation and ask for tortilla samples in Spanish (Senora Maria is very understanding, patient and really works with them. She says they know more Spanish than her grandkids and that my accent is excellent - so there. :) HA!). Clay is so cute, and is still of a mind to make Mommy happy by humoring me It doesn't hurt that Maria takes him behind the counter so he can speak to the other women and they fawn over him. The girls have almost decided that it isn't worth it to eat samples if they have to speak Spanish to get them. Ho hum....

Anyway, I digress. I was giving Clay a kiss the other day and I told him "Te amo!" (I love you!) and he said it back to me and kissed me. Sweet, right? But wait - then he took a step back and said, "Mommy, Te amo es GRANDE!" and held his arms wide. HE MADE HIS OWN SENTENCE IN SPANISH!! Now granted, it was "I love you is big" but the point is, he knew the gist of both and put them together -- and I knew what he meant for sure!

I'm so proud of him!