Yo canto himnos en español

My little boys like Spanish, especially Max. That boy proclaims that he’s going to South America on his mission. And a mighty missionary he will be too.

Well… Jimmy teaches the kids words and phrases in Spanish. We learned Joy to the World in Spanish at Christmas time. Jimmy’s spanish is great. Mine – eh – not so much.

So bedtime arrives and we sing Jesus Wants me for a Sunbeam. The newest tradition is for Max to pick a Spanish hymn… which Jimmy generally sings from the Spanish hymnbook. Well… when it’s all up to me, it’s a little harder. I search through the songs trying to pick out a tune that might be familiar so I know how it goes. Then I slaughter all pronunciation (though the boys don’t mind a bit, I guess).

Truman has caught on and also insists on another Spanish hymn. I pulled off Noche de Luz (Silent Night) tonight and Siembra Gozo (Scatter Sunshine).

We might actually all learn Spanish some day!

p.s. this was a funny from Max. He was sitting nicely at the dinner table waiting for his ‘meal’ (comida).