PCV: Paid Caribbean Vacation

I may have finally broken through last night to Coralis, the 4 year old that lives with me. She usually challenges me to a staring contest of sorts where I ask her questions in both English and Spanish and she responds to none. Yesterday during lunch, I kept saying "tardes" (afternoon) to her until she would respond. It only took about 30 times. Finally she screamed "TARDES TIO KEVIN." Tio means uncle in Spanish. It was cute. Little did I know that I had just forced a 4 year old to be my best friend and I will now never get away from her. She is the best Spanish teacher I have had yet. She asked me the name of every person in my family that I havent even met yet, what color was their hair, how old they were, and if they had a radio. It was priceless.

She then began to show me how she is learning new songs in school. She is in preschool so there are plenty of songs she learns. Many of them are similar or the same that we would learn except for a few minor adjustments.

The famous ABC song is pretty much the same. It goes something like this:

"ABCDEFG... WUXY and Z teacher teacher dont lash me, because I know my ABCs, next time won't you sing with me"

Then there is Happy Birthday in English which I had never heard of before. Almost the same, but different.

"Happy Birthday tia Rosi,
Happy Birthday tia Rosi,
Happy Birthday tiiiiiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ROSI,
May we wish you many more."

I dont really think that anyone sings it like this, but it was a cute adlib for a 4 year old that she continued to sing for about an hour straight. Once I get my camera, I'll be sure to get a video of it and post it.