¡Turner le gusta Español!

Turner likes Spanish! Very often when he hears a conversation in Spanish or when Spanish is being spoken to him, he perks up, smiles and may even have a good laugh. Whether it is on the boat or in town, Turner has been exposed to plenty of Spanish. It must be the fluid, rolling sound of the language that makes it so attractive to him. Our plan is to have Jason teach him a bit of Spanish as he grows - hopefully we will stick to that plan, because so far so good - Turner is into it.

Jason has hired a part-time deck hand while he has been down here in Barra. His name is Petey. Petey is a young guy that is from the next town over (Melaque) and he has two children of his own. He speaks to Turner in Spanish, and Turner loves the attention. One afternoon Jason was holding Turner as he and Petey were engaged in a long conversation in Spanish. As Petey expressively moved his arms and as the colorful inflections of his speech rose and fell during the conversation - Turner begin to laugh and giggle. At first, Jason and Petey tried to talk over the giggles, but after a couple of minutes they couldn't help but join in Turner's infectious laughter.

Turner  has won a place in the hearts of the Mexican women he has come across. They love to squeeze his cheeks and little legs and call him gordito or "little chucky". There were a few women at the restaurant here in the hotel that particularly loved Turner. He got passed around from woman to woman as they fussed over him in rapid Spanish, and he just stared at them in fascination and would give them the occasional smile and giggle. Three months and Turner already knows how to attract the ladies. 

This little clip shows these women playing with Turner. In the one clip one woman says, "¡Toquelo, Toquelo!", which means - "Play it, Play it!"

Turner le gusta Español. He hears beautiful Spanish from the people around us, strong, lovely Spanish from his daddy and a few poorly accented words and phrases from his mom. He may or may not be bilingual one day, but in the meantime we are enjoying watching him take it all in.