on observing someone else’s culture shock
What happened when we took a foreign visitor to Target. Continue reading
Posted in Benin, FS Life, Life in DC
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Author Archives: Alex
birthday bouncing
Flynn is three! Here’s how we celebrated his big day, in true American fashion. Continue reading
on assimilation
How do I know I’ve fully assimilated into our current exotic locale, American suburbia? Click to read more. Continue reading
Posted in FS Life, FSI, House, Life in DC, Personal
Tagged culture, DC, expat, fs families, usa
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technology & language learning
It’s only been a little over three years since we studied French at FSI, and yet the change in technology used in our classes between then and now is remarkable. Continue reading
chinese new year
Behold, the YouTube perusing habits of a Foreign Service toddler. Continue reading
how’s that spanish?
Alex is halfway through her Spanish training. Can she communicate in Spanish yet? Kind of. Continue reading
Posted in FS Life, Life in DC, Spanish
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first words in the soon-to-be second tongue
Hola amigos! Flynn starts showing an interest in his soon to be second tongue. Here are the words he decided he needs to know first and foremost… Continue reading
Posted in FS Life, Personal, Toddler
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snow
Greetings from a winter wonderland. Continue reading
Posted in FS Life, Life in DC, Welcome
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languages that are not english
Did I mention I’m back at work? Yep, I’ve been at the Foreign Service Institute learning Spanish for these past five weeks. Nineteen more to go until I’m a professionally proficient Spanish speaker, though I have my doubts about that … Continue reading
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on languages lost
Flynn understood French before he understood English. By the time we left Cotonou, when he was just over two, he was speaking about equal amounts in each language. But fast forward six months, and now he’s speaking paragraphs in English, … Continue reading