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  • Cuenca’s Independence Day

    Tomu, Jade, and their classmates donned traditional Cuencan indigenous dress last Saturday for the party (fundraiser) at their school in honor of Cuenca’s Independence Day. We all had a lot of fun. Read more

  • Soccer

    Soccer

    Tomu joined a soccer school. He has practice from 4:30 to 6 pm on Tuesday & Thursdays, and has games on some weekends. The school goes year-round. The coach takes it seriously and practices are well organized (way higher caliber than the Metro Parks soccer Tomu did in Tacoma). He loves it! We can bike… Read more

  • The Shifting of Language

    The Shifting of Language

    One of the reasons we moved here was so that Tomu and Jade could be immersed in Spanish, in the hopes they would begin speaking in Spanish. While they are still a little shy speaking Spanish with strangers, in the corner store or a restaurant, they speak a ton more Spanish to us, to each… Read more

  • The Gift of Time

    The Gift of Time

    As a parent, it feels there is never enough time in the day. Well, never enough time (and energy) in the day for me to do things for myself. In the States, I was working a little under 50 hours a week teaching Spanish at a high school. When I got home, I wanted to… Read more

  • Advanced Spanish

    As a language teacher, we evaluate our students on the ACTFL Scale of Proficiency which goes from Novice to Distinguished. As a high school teacher, my students were generally in the range of Novice-Advanced Low. Proficiency means what tasks the student can perform, or what the student can do in the language. Since we have… Read more

  • Reunion de los padres de familia

    Reunion de los padres de familia

    Last Thursday we had our first obligatory meeting for the parents of all the kids in Tomu and Jade’s school, which is called Fernando Ordoñez Cordero. The meeting began at 6:30 pm, and I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. We were told we were meeting to plan the special event on Saturday October 27th,… Read more