C_l_e_0..Q_c Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Last weekend, my daughter was invited to two birthday parties. One was mainly homeschooled English kids, and the other French kids. She realised she was the only one invited to both! So we had to buy two gifts for the same weekend. Yeah, bilingualism has a cost! LOL! Just wanted to share and make you smile :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jld Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 My dd is a language 'nut' (like your children, it seems) and the huge cost for me is language curriculum. Is it my imagination or are most of them EXPENSIVE?! So I'm not sure if your post makes me smile or weep ...??? okay...........:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonshineLearner Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 :) Very cute!! And, yup all kids... no matter how many languages are just Darn expensive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 Wait until you get to the plane tickets so they can use those languages... talk about expensive... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_l_e_0..Q_c Posted April 22, 2010 Author Share Posted April 22, 2010 Well, we're not in such a bad position... French and English are readily available. Spanish is a tad harder, but we do have many Spanish communities around us. Otherwise, you're talking about a flight to Mexico, tourist fare. Quite cheap in the wintertime :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 Well... Just wait... Yours are still young. They haven't started traveling much by themselves. The problem with having children who have disovered they can learn other languages is that they then want to go places. Lots of places. Lots of far away places. Frequently. And they may well marry people in those places and then your family will be split and spend all spare money and all vacation time on family time (thinking of most of the exchange students we know). We haven't gotten to the marrying part yet, but we have already discovered that we created something of a monster when we taught our children they could travel. Last spring and summer alone, not counting my husband's business trips, added all together members of my immediate family flew seventeen times (eight of which were across the Atlantic), bought two Eurail passes and several other train tickets, walked hundreds of miles, took several ferries, sailed through a large protion of Maine and back, and took a boat from icebergs in the north down to Puerto Rico and back. Oh - and bought a plane ticket for a Buddhist nun. This was not inexpensive. Educational perhaps, but not inexpensive. Just wait... -Nan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jld Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 Wow, that does sound expensive Nan. I can wait, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_l_e_0..Q_c Posted April 22, 2010 Author Share Posted April 22, 2010 LOL! Nan... I come from a family of airline pilots. My dad, my brother, my cousin and my son's godfather are all pilots. My cousin is a stewardess. As a teen, I travelled extensively. Airlines were free or almost free for us. I've spent every summer of my teens in Europe! My sister went christmas shopping for a weekend in Paris. I went to a wedding (just the weekend!) in Belgium. We know "travel" ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabelen Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 That's so funny and too right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 I am so jealous... Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Ah, so no surprises in store for you. You yourself are one of those monsters GRIN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homes-cooler Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Our own daughter has a penchant for Spanish, and has home schooled her kids in Spanish daily. The "extra" expense has been several weeks in Mexico for the whole family annually. Pity! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Our own daughter has a penchant for Spanish, and has home schooled her kids in Spanish daily. The "extra" expense has been several weeks in Mexico for the whole family annually. Pity! Hey, you should try Spain one year! Just trying to help! Hee hee! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homes-cooler Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Hey, you should try Spain one year! Just trying to help! Hee hee! ;) Cleopatra -- As the narco wars grow hotter, don't think we haven't considered it. Money, however, is always an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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