


Sonia told him to look on us as his English grandparents




But he mucked in, even ate my soup and said it was good






We spoke nothing but English, even though we were all tempted to Portuguese, every now and then. He also learnt a couple of new words






He's coming back, as and when he can, due to schooling times.
He wants to join the army and has to be fluent in English for that



And his dad has said that, in 4 weeks, we are going to dinner at their house and Alex will speak to us in English, to prove to his dad that he's good enough.
His dad can't speak a word, apart from "hello"

