Spain Dad, a baby blog

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Welcome back to Alleke’s Cooking Show. In the spirit of summer, Alleke would like to show you how to make a cold pitcher of fresh-squeezed lemonade. Like all toddlers, Alleke’s recipe includes carefully counting all the lemons, licking the sugar off her fingers, and of course taking the first glass to mom for a taste [...]

Alleke is a proud graduate of the Amy Swacina School of Dance in Madrid. In other words, we leave Alleke with Amy (our ballerina friend) while we go to Spanish class, and they twirl around together in her living room. Here are the results: Watch Alleke dancing ballet on Vimeo.

I’m not exactly clear on Alleke’s rules for the game, but we had fun anyway… Watch Hide and Seek on Vimeo.

When I came home from work on Friday, April and Alleke were playing Memory in the middle of the living room floor. April turned over two cards, and Alleke quickly scrambled to her feet, pointed and shouted, “Same.” “What is this?” April asked, tapping her finger on the card. I walked over and took a [...]

Alleke’s Online Spanish Course. Live from Madrid… Watch Learn to Count to 10 in Spanish on Vimeo.

Today is Alleke’s birthday, and we got her a goldfish. When April first mentioned the idea of getting Alleke a goldfish a couple weeks ago, I said, “Don’t you think we’ll kill it?” April shrugged. “I guess Alleke will have her first lesson about life and death,” she said. So, there you have it, we [...]

Euro Cup is a soccer tournament for European nations, held every four years between the World Cup. Spain played Germany in the championship last night. We’ve been watching all the games together as a family. We watched one game at home, a couple in a bar down the street, a bunch at the beach house [...]

April’s 28th Birthday Party Alleke sat quietly on her mom’s lap when the lights went off and everyone began to sing. It wasn’t until after the cake went up in smoke and the room filled with laughter that she lunged for her mom’s neck. If you had asked me, I would have told you Alleke [...]

Watch Alleke’s Cloth Diaper Instructional Video.