I’m sure all parents wish that their offspring become cleverer than themselves that they do more and learn more than we do. However and although I wish this for Little Penguin I didn’t expect that it would come after only 18 months of him being around.

Here was the plan. I don’t speak German but would like to learn so as we are bringing up Little Penguin bilingually the theory was that I would learn with him.

That was the theory but the little sod’s capacity for picking up words is unbelievable and far outstrips my own. Not only is he learning the English for things but also the German and he now knows what a whole raft of things are in German that I don’t. I’m rather miffed and feeling distinctly humbled.

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