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Nora's first whole sentence in Spanish

«quiero dos melocotones, por favor»

— Nora, to the fruit man

We were at the Saturday market, not paying much attention, when Nora stepped up to the fruit stall entirely on her own and delivered a full, grammatical, unprompted sentence in Spanish.

The fruit man beamed, bagged the peaches with great ceremony, and told her they were a regalo. She has been insufferable — and wonderful — about it ever since.