Hola Todos! Alright, we have another quick episode for you to absorb today. It's about finding your WHY. We really feel this has helped us stick to learning past the first few weeks, months, and even year after taking on the challenge of studying a new language.  Your WHY is what will keep you going. We give some tips and ideas on how to find yours in today's episode.

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Ep. 58 – WHY to Start Learning Spanish Today

Hola Chicos! We have a mini-episode for you today that will hopefully inspire you to try something new! These are our 5 favorite things to do when we need some inspiration to practice and use our Spanish. Try 1 or all of them and let us know how it went!

Ep. 57 – 5 Things to Try This Weekend

We are officially back in Spanish classes! But this time, we’re going separately. Not only that but this time we’re doing group sessions with up to 4 other people which have been a new and fun experience. In this episode, we share all about how the classes are going as well as some other recent adventures including a TON of new vocab.

Ep. 56 – First time taking group lessons

Feliz Año Nuevo! We start the show and the new year off with what we are looking forward to doing this year.  It was just 3 years ago that "learn Spanish" was one of our New Years resolutions and we made it happen! If you are just starting your journey into learning Spanish or have decided to make the commitment this year, then this episode is for you. We share the steps we took to get started and what has really worked for us. The most important, how we progressed so fast. We share our language learning goals we set for this year. Starting with we enrolled back in Spanish classes!

Ep. 55 – Feliz Año Nuevo

Nuestra ultimo episodio del año! Another year that we have completed podcasting our journey to become a bilingual family. It had it's excitement and challenges and we recap it in this last episode of 2017. Enjoy! Jennie y Benjamin

Ep. 54 – Our Year in Review

We are back this week after visiting family and have some thoughts and feelings on how our family reacted to our son speaking "solo en español"!  Our road trip brought on some opportunities to come up with games to play in Spanish and songs to sing.

Ep. 53 – Habla Solo en Español?

We catch you up on our week full of excitement (we won a Tesla car!) and challenges keeping up our practice when life gets busy. We have a funny story where an important message about our son Jack got lost in translation. Jennie shares what she has come across while disciplining Jack in Spanish and how expressing in a new language is challenging.

Ep. 52 – Lost In Translation

Today we bring you a new series! To kick it off I sit down with my good friend Tera Lopez Vannoy. We chat what it's like to dive headfirst into the unknown that is raising your first born bilingual.

Ep. 51 – Bilingual Mama Series – Tera Lopez Vannoy

This is our 50th episode!!! On today's show, we share some key things we did to "dress the part" around our home. This episode is full of our recommendations and tips to incorporating bilingual learning throughout your house. A full list of show notes with our recommendations from today can be found at breakingespanol.com/50 Gracias por escuchar! Ciao!

Ep. 50 – Turning Your House Into a Bilingual Home

We catch up on the week, Ben was in New York and had a couple opportunities to make conversation with Spanish speakers from Columbia. He’s never shy to spark up a convo with anyone. Our son Jack has been speaking all his colors in Spanish.  We love how he pronounces rosa “Sosa"

Ep. 49 – Don’t Be Shy

We’re back! After our summer break we’ve started recording again and are starting with five things we learned during our break as we continued our journey.

Ep. 48 – Things We Learned This Summer

It’s been almost a year since we started this podcast. Amazing how time flies! We’ve loved sharing our story with you along the whole way. As we looking to grow and expand the show we’re going to take a break for the summer as we look into other options (Instagram, YouTube, etc.)

Ep. 47 – Break for Summer

After learning Spanish for a while, you develop an extra sensitivity whenever someone starts speaking it near you. This is certainly the case for us and for many others we know.

Ep. 46 – An Ear For Español

Jennie’s cousin Michael Field is back from his trip through South America! In this episode, we hear about his travels through Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, and Uraguay all while staying in hostels. It’s a trip we’ve all wanted to take, now you can hear exactly what it is like. Enjoy!

Ep. 45 – Four Months in South America with Michael Field

As we mentioned last week we’re losing our nanny, but good news! We’ve found a bilingual daycare near Jennie’s work. We’re both excited and nervous at the same time about this. In this episode we talk through how we decided on this and how Jack is doing with his own Spanish.

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