I’m a gringa and the hubby is Peruvian…I know how you feel! We aren’t asking for any certain race for our adopted child so we will most likely be very similar to you and yours. Even though I still don’t know “enough” Spanish, I do hope our children will be bilingual. I’d love to know how you are teaching them both languages…message me!

I message you back! Basically your husband needs to speak to the kids in Spanish only and let you do the English. It works. It has its frustrating moments (I’ll share some in this blog) but it is soooo rewarding. Thanks for stopping by!

Hello Gaby,
I too have a home of shades of color…I am Dutch/English, my sons are Irish/English, and my daughters are 16 days apart and African- American and the other is Peruvian/French….the baby is African- American. 

I know the feeling of adventuring out and people in the grocery store, mall and park know our family…It doesn’t help that my 2 six- year- old daughters enjoy explaining the family dynamics and how the adopting infant came to us…Its all in a days worth of advocating for foster and adoption for us….I use to cringe at there disclosures…but now I embrace it as a way to encourage others to become foster or adoptive parents…and at least i know when they have the story straight!

This summer we are starting our adventure of learning a new language- Spanish…my 16 year old son will take it in school next year so we are going to emerse our selves and begin having dinner conversation and work up to the entire day…We have hired a babysitter to help us out and give us pointers along the way…hopefully the baby will be bilingual!

Looking forward to hearing more of your story!

Hey, BeMommy!

How great that you are all learning together! Immersion is definitely the best way. If you all have friends that speak the language include them. Music, books, even Spanish captions while you watch movies in English can help develop your ear for the language.

I know what you mean about the stares and odd conversations. I’m sure you’ve had your share! I’m going to be sharing some here. Your family, like mine, is a walking billboard to educate people about adoption. We can’t hide, can we?

Thank you for stopping by!

Welcome Gaby!

While not as diverse as your family, we also seem to be THAT family around here. Most of the time it’s great, but it can also be tiring too, always being on display.

I look forward to reading more about you guys.

Thank you, Jeff! You have a beautiful family.

I find the most annoying thing about being so clearly an adopttive family is that people feel free to ask personal questions that you would never ask otherwise. Do you find that to be true?

But, one of the things that come with being a transracial family is the opportunity to educate!

Thank you for your warm welcome.

Welcome, Gaby!

Thank you, Sharon!

Welcome Gaby,

We too are a multi-cultural family.  My husband was born and raised in Greece.  My parents are both Dutch - one grew up in the Netherlands and the other in Indonesia.  And our daughter is Ethiopian . . .so we are a but if “that family” too.  Look forward to hearing more of your experience.  Best,

E

Thank you, Ellenore!

So do you all also speak a second language? Did your husband keep his Greek? Your daughter is beautiful!