There will be Arabic

We are preparing for our traditional summer holidays: Bablemum and the Babelkids are going to Algiers to visit the grandparents while I stay home. I will then join them a month from now.

BK1 and BK2 are currently speaking German a lot, no doubt because my mum and my sisters daughter visited us 10 days ago. They also brought German books which I read although I am starting to think the Babelkids prefer books in English.

Anyway, doesn't matter, because in 3 days they're off to Algeria and they'll be fully immersed in Arabic for almost 6 weeks!

When they come back, they will have switched to speaking Arabic between them mostly. I am even wondering whether they'll use any English at all. They did last year, but not a lot.

So from September to December, English will slowly work its way back into their language and then we're off to Germany for Christmas and it'll all change again.

Brilliant, innit? ;-)

Torn

I have just had a little cry. I read Babeldad's latest entry on InCulture Parent. You might think that I would have read this piece before he submitted it, but I did not.
I am touched, because he understands me. But where we differ is in the conclusion, He is ever the optimist. I am constantly torn.
We will soon see my parents. But I am already dreading leaving them. And this dread is almost taking over the joy at the prospect of seeing them...

No Dads here?

While Natasha is exaggerating slightly, she still has a point: there are not a lot of dads of bilingual children out there who are blogging. I think I might actually be the only one!

Hey, Dads, we'd like to hear from you, too!

Really.

Bilingual Carnival June Edition

It's Bilingual Carnival time again!

So head over to Bilingual Russian for this month's fun and remarkable blog articles on raising children in multi lingual environments.