Luke's saying a lot of words lately -- "tuck" (truck), "baaa" (bird and ball), "woofwoof" (dog), "dada" (Adam) and now "agua". For a couple of weeks now, Adam and I have wondered why he kept saying "agua" when pointing to his water cup or to the water spout on the fridge.
"Is he saying 'agua'? Spanish 'agua'?"
"I don't think so ... are you teaching him that?"
"No, are you?"
"Hmmm. I'm not sure what he's saying, then."
Today, when I picked him up from daycare, I noticed that he said it again when he pointed to his water bottle. Finally, it dawned on me! I asked his teachers, and they said that one of the teachers started saying it and it stuck. So, interestingly, Luke's learned Spanish "agua" before he learned English "water".
Maybe I'll dust off that Spanish minor I have and start some bilingual lessons with Luke ...
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