At first, the amount of focus it took to listen and speak in Spanish all day was exhausting, but today it's come much easier. I'm glad it's becoming more natural and less of a conscious thought. If its this way only after 2 days, I'll be talking like a pro come August.
I was up before the kids, but as soon as I finished my breakfast, they were ready for their classes. Today we finished up the word searches from yesterday and reviewed all of the words we learned by adding pictures to them. Its still a bit difficult as one word in English can mean may words in Spanish (The word for break is different if its for the car, breaking a plate, breaking your arm, or stopping work for a bit. same goes for other words too) so we try to make several examples for each.
Since Alvaro got really good grades in school, his dad bought him a Wii, which I set up this morning. He loves it a lot, and now its all he wants to play. It's fun to see Wii fit and sports in Spanish, because I know what's going on from experience, yet they present it slightly different. For example, all the voices are different in this version, yet its still the great family fun.
When Magui came home from work, we all went shopping. Malls here in Spain, at least this one, are so much prettier than the ones in the US.
They've ornately decorated, and very open air. Plus, they have tons and tons of store, in addition to a movie theater and several restaurants. You can spend all day there if you wanted to.
We almost did, but the kids started getting tired. They started "testing" out all the beds in the furniture stores. They were happy to get home and test out all their new games on the Wii: Super Mario Brothers, Wii Resort, Wii Sports, and Wii Fit. Its been a nice relaxing, rainy day.
~Jenna
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