[thumb:213:l] Kirby Ann, my 5 year old, is in her second year of Hungarian Pre-school (Óvoda in Hugarian). She loves every minute of it. Today was the Christmas party so everyone dressed up. Here she is with her teacher Rita and some of the other girls (click on the picture to see a couple of more).

She is even beginning to speak Hungarian. I think she has been understanding for a while, but now she is starting to speak. She can’t tell us what she says and doesn’t want to “play Hungarian” at home, but occasionally we catch her speaking to the other kids. She doesn’t say much yet, but I have a feeling in a few months the floodgates will open and she’ll start speaking a lot. She is way too social not to. I’m surprised she has held off this long.

We are thankful that she gets to have this wonderful cultural experience and that she loves it so much.