ah Jacky está en Colombia para Navidad un año .
um yo fui la día primero un poquito días de Navidad .
and then um I stayed there for a week or like couple days or something like
I came like a week before Christmas you know .
uhuh yes .
and so I stayed for like a week and a half .
and when I came back I opened all my presents and stuff .
chévere .
y cómo qué qué te dieron ?
you know .
en Colombia qué te dieron de regalos para Navidad ?
don't remember .
you of course you remember .
you remember of course .
you remember I was there with you ?
oh oh right .
they gave me this really cute shirt .
yeah they gave me a a Barbie car .
it was so fun .
my good childhood memories .
so when cuándo tú cogiste tus braces ?
yo mis braces me lo colocaron hace tres semanas .
cool .
my dentist she said I had to take very good care of (th)em .
and they hurt you know horribly .
oh my gosh I can make like six pages of list that you can't eat .
sometimes no soda no popcorn no gum no tootsie rolls I could go on and on .
it's horrible .
pero te tienes que acostumbrar a eso .
yeah I'm gonna get my top braces on soon during the summer .
oh .
I I I'm sure you'll be fine you know .
so what's your favourite colour ?
my favourite colour is rosado .
it's it's um a very pretty colour .
it would translate to pink .
xxx what about yours ?
mine is red because in the Bible Jesus spoke in red .
that's very cool .
um let's talk about our hobbies .
what are you favourite hobbies ?
I draw .
I sing .
and sometimes I go play golf .
muy chévere .
my hobbies are I
and swimming .
I I love to play basketball .
I'm in my team in my school .
um I also love to swim .
you know in the pool it's very very fun .
I know .
remember the other day when we cuando nosotros fuimos a la piscina aquí ?
y fue tan chévere .
te acuerdas ?
just said 
+" tan chévere .
estamos haciendo como vueltas y todo eso en la piscina .
estamos nadando mucho .
mmhm .
también nos nos solíamos un poquito .
we got a great tan .
hablamos mucho de la parque de café Sergio Diana .
y hablamos de las tías .
sí let's talk about our aunts .
well your mom my tía Ana is so nice you know .
yo Ana Howell .
que yo sé .
ella es muy chévere .
she's very muy chévere .
es muy linda .
e mi tía Francesca es muy linda .
tiene dos niños Sergio y David .
xxx .
David tiene cuatro años .
y Sergio tiene diecisiete .
diecisiete .
well
y yo tengo mi tía Magdalena .
that's my mom .
y ella tiene u(n) dos hijas .
una que se llama Valerie que es cinco años y que está en kinder(garten) .
y otra que se llama the lovely Chantal que es twelve .
y está en sixth grade .
yes sixth grade .
well um let's talk about our uncles by marriage .
well let's talk about uncle dad your dad .
as you know I call him uncle dad (be)cause he's my uncle and he's like my dad .
oh my dad .
so it's like uncle slash dad right ?
sí .
yo lo amo mucho .
I know he's like so cool .
I love him very much .
he's very very cool .
remember yesterday when he took us like shopping ?
that was fun .
+" de compras .
as he would say in Spanish 
you know these old jeans estaban tan lindos .
I love the jeans .
let's talk about Andrew now .
um he's he's new in our family .
but he's a great person .
yeah um they actually just got married in June .
exactly .
you were there .
you did a great job .
I was there .
thank you .
we came in a limo .
remember ?
that was really fun you know .
that was like O_M_G .
Andrew has a lot of childhood in him .
easter egg hunting
oh yeah totally .
that's very very funny .
and rare .
I know .
he is not afraid to sit down with you and laugh .
él es muy chistoso .
y también nació en Honduras which makes him much more funnier because they say a lot of good jokes .
so let's move on to you and me .
you've been here since Thursday last Thursday which was the nineteenth .
yes .
el
el diecinueve exactly .
no it was the twentieth .
yeah no it was the nineteenth .
yeah the nineteenth .
and um you actually got there .
and we started decorating for my easter party class .
sí el el día de pascua .
así no para celebrar de Jesus y también del easter bunny .
yeah yo fue tan chévere .
like we had the party and everything .
and we wrote this really funny letter to uncle dad slash dad .
and can I tell them about it ?
sure then why don't we talk about it .
yeah it said happy easter on the front .
and then it said 
+" dear uncle dad slash dad .
+" uncle dad slash dad .
+" we love you .
+" and we appreciate everything you do for us .
I know .
we do .
this should be your easter present .
+" we will hang you by your toes if you don't give us more money .
+" happy easter !
and then we put 
+" just kidding !
in really tiny letters .
and then in even tinier letters we put 
+" not !
nope .
and then we put 
+" love Chacha and Gili .
and then we wrote 
+" always read the small print .
we also wrote one to my mother right ?
yes .
I'm gonna read it also .
.
.
+" happy easter .
+" dear tía slash mommy .
+" happy easter .
+" we love you .
+" you have been very good with both of us .
+" we love you a lot .
+" thank you for helping us learn about the path of Jesus .
+" we love you .
+" and in this easter season we wish you the best .
+" P_S for your present it's a certificate for free jokes when you need them .
+" five dollars per joke L_O_L .
that is so funny you know .
mucha creatividad en nuestras cabezas .
we have a lot of creativity .
do you remember when we went ice skating today ?
oh patinando en el hielo .
that was fun .
that was really fun .
yeah remember after the zamboni came it was like so glossy .
sí .
it was really fun you know .
yo sé .
te acuerdas cuando llegamos a la casa ?
y después mi papi ponió un huevos con plata adentro .
fue cuatro huevos .
tres tenían un dólar .
y solo una de la cuatro tenía diez adentro .
I know .
I know .
that was so fun you know hunting for money .
o_m_g I found the ten dollar one .
you found the ten dollar I know .
but it was fun .
I'll split it with you .
don't worry .
it's fine .
um so well it's been really fun these couple days I've been here .
I've been practicing my Spanish a lot .
mucho español con mi tía y Juanjo and you .
yeah .
we've been lately watching home videos of me .
and I was about three or two and a half in one .
and we were watching videos of my Christmas .
and when we were going to places .
and it was awesome you know .
I know .
and one of the videos we saw my cousin Chantal in them .
you know what I
yes you know what I've seen from the videos ?
we've been really close since we were little girls .
you know dancing to Shakira .
and it was really fun .
you know in Columbia when you came to visit it was awesome .
before Venesa and Diana were around um things were a lot different .
not much noise .
very peaceful .
you know .
mucha paz en la familia .
.
very peaceful .
but we love them so much .
even if they chipped our tooth .
from a distance .
so Venesa she's like so close to us .
we love her so much .
and we think she's like the best ever .
and you know she's five .
and she's about to graduate kinder .
she's I know she's so big for her age .
es muy grande muy muy grande para su edad .
she's very talkative .
they live in New_Jersey [=! laughs] .
yeah in New_Jersey .
xxx said mucha gente que habla español allá .
I know that's like so surprising .
mucha gente .
yo sé .
I mean casi todo el mundo de los países suramericanos se van para New_Jersey or New_York you know .
yeah I know remember when we
porque there's a lot of chance of jobs .
remember when we went to New_York ?
and like we went in all these awesome stores like the M_and_M store .
it had like four floors .
I know all chocolate .
mucho mucho chocolate .
there's this one floor that you had a total view of Times_Square .
serious .
I know it was fun .
so
and if you ever go to New_York like you have to go in the giant MacDonalds .
it's like awesome right ?
I know MacDonalds you know .
that MacDonalds is always in the movies .
haven't you noticed ?
yeah I know !
um like the Pink_Panther the inspector I think .
I think it was in this other movie .
he comes to New_York .
and he
orders a hamburger .
yeah he calls it hamburger .
but you know the exciting thing is he was standing exactly where me and my cousin Chantal
the people doing this are like 
+" we're standing .
and it was like awesome !
how do you say hamburger in Spanish ?
I'm just wondering .
hamburguesa .
that's muy chévere .
so why don't we talk about our grandfather .
yeah we have um a grandfather named abuelito Alfredo .
(Al)fredo .
he is very cool .
yes muy muy chistoso .
he's pretty much the only grandfather we have .
tú te sientas con él
tú te sientas con él y te ríes por años y años .
porque él es una persona muy muy chistosa .
very funny you know .
he makes us laugh (un)til we drop .
let's talk about our grandmothers .
let's start with Marge Howell .
Marge well she is ver(y) let's start she's a very good cook .
cocina super rico .
yes .
rico sí .
nosotros yo y ella estamos muy mucho tiempo con nosotros en la casa de ella haciendo chévere cosas .
y <a mí me a nosotros les gusta hacer como cakes and stuff .
it's awesome .
I know you guys cook a lot you know since she's from the south of Texas .
I know she makes the best cornbread .
she
exactly .
xxx she's a really good cook .
yeah so that's the point of view .
she teaches 
yes .
P_O_V .
point of view .
so let's move on to abuelito abuelita Anita .
Anita .
well she is dedicated to God one hundred and ten percent .
she is like dedicated .
no more like one thousand and ten percent .
you know ?
no she is a great person .
and te enseña mucho .
te enseña mucho de Dios mucho mucho de Dios .
y ella le encanta ir a la iglesia las cuatro de la mañana praying like literally praying praying .
four o'clock in the morning .
you know her life is praying praying from three o'clock in the morning (un)til midnight .
she's very very amazing .
now that we talked enough about family let's talk about our homes kind of home states .
I was born here in Florida .
and um um we're gonna ask each other what is our favourite things to do here .
well let me talk about my background first .
well both of my parents are from Columbia .
and I was also born in Columbia .
so my first language was Spanish .
yeah .
español es mi prioridad en mis idiomas .
but you know I've immuned to English more than Spanish .
over the years I had noticed that at first you were like blanked out on the English .
and I'm like
I had to talk to you in like total total Spanish .
I know .
but like look at you pro now .
I know .
you know
my background of my stay is I was born here in the city of Pembrooke_Pines .
and I was born at the hospital Memorial_West here in Florida .
and I have two parents of course .
.
and I live in the neighbourhood .
and there's this big neighbourhood named Grand_Palms .
my dad lives in the front .
me and my grandma my mom all live in like the little same community .
and it's like awesome .
my home language is English .
but I've my first word was in Spanish .
it was agua .
I'm guessing that means water .
translation .
duh .
so tell us more about your mom and your dad's backgrounds from where they come from .
my dad comes from the United States from Texas .
um he was born in Tyler Texas .
he only spent a couple years though there though you know .
fue fue muy mucho calor .
he said and you know he said he had a good childhood there .
but he spent most of his years here in Florida and Atlanta and California and a lot of different places you know .
yes .
you know and then my here comes my mom .
she's from like a whole different country like Columbia .
that's where much most of my family comes from you know .
and she was raised on a farm .
and and she loved it there you know .
and she had two sisters .
yes I know .
y mamá también me dijo de <de la de la farm .
she ella me she told me it was big .
what did your mom tell you about the farm ?
my mom told me that they didn't have pools you know .
so she'd just take a like a swim in the pond .
in the pond en el lago .
ugh that sounds stinky .
I can't go swim in a pond .
yeah so the rest of my mom's background is now she's remarried to Andrew as we talked about earlier .
and she's here sitting right now live at this interview hearing us so this chat .
listening to us talking about this .
she finds our conversations very interesting .
well
she is a very interesting woman .
she's very interesting you know .
ok let's move on to your parents' background .
well it's not very interesting .
but my mom is from Columbia .
mmhm .
she was born on a farm just like your mom (be)cause they're both sisters .
and my father was born in Columbia also .
so there's basically no other different country than Columbia .
that's their main country .
that's cool .
y hablamos mucho español .
cool .
en mi casa .
we speak Spanish .
but since I go to school of course I have to speak most of my time in English .
so um let's see .
what else can we talk about ?
so um who is what is your favourite number ?
my favourite number is nueve nine (be)cause that was the day I was born .
February ninth .
so that's my favourite number .
it's just very weird .
but that's my favourite number .
mi favorito número .
so what about you ?
tell me about your birthday .
my birthday is on July two five twenty fifth .
and my mom's birthday really weird is four days before on the twenty first of July .
so she had me like like like like four days before .
four days .
after her birthday you know .
wow .
like awesome .
tú fuiste el regalo de ella .
you were her birthday present .
yeah I was her birthday present like four days late birthday present .
that was great .
when uh and my dad I think he is born in
born in
+, October (..) twelfth .
twelfth yes .
and um to say a little bit about him um you know
he's bald .
.
he's bald !
yeah he's bald .
but you know he still has little hairs sticking up .
you know I saw that picture .
yo vi esa foto de él con pelo largo y mono .
yeah I know .
I know like back
no no mono .
no it wasn't blond .
yes it was .
no it wasn't !
ok .
it was orange .
ok orange .
en la foto con él con el pelo largo y naranja .
yeah it was like down to his butt .
I'm serious .
wow .
ok .
so when ah were your parents born ?
well my mom was born in Tulúa which is a very small town in Columbia .
and she was born on April sixth .
and my dad was born in Armenia xxx was born in Columbia .
he was born December ninth .
yeah cool .
yes so what about what did you think about that uh rainstorm today ?
cómo cayó la lluvia .
I know that rainstorm totally wiped out .
totally ruined our egg hunt .
you know and then like um you know the movie Ten_thousand_b_c ?
wasn't it awesome ?
pues super chévere .
chévere .
I know you know .
jinx you owe me a soda .
oh ok I'll give you that soda later .
um so ah school .
tell me about school .
your grades your friends your teachers .
we've been doing fractions lately .
and I've actually been doing ok .
I got a pretty good grade on my math test .
and I also had a social studies test .
tell me about your friends .
your friends .
are they nice ?
they're nice ?
yeah .
mmhm yeah .
your teacher what's her name ?
miss White .
is she nice ?
is she is she a good teacher ?
that's the first main priority yes ?
yes .
ok .
what's your favourite plant ?
my favourite plant is a daisy .
just because well the white and the yellow I think are two very beautiful colours combined together .
.
so
uh
what's your favourite clothing store ?
Love_couture .
mine too .
like the other day I bought these really cute jeans there .
really ?
yeah .
sí ?
también hay una una tienda en Colombia que se llama Azucar which translates to sugar .
it's so cute there .
I love that store .
I love that store .
yeah cool .
it's awesome .
look like you know um what is your favourite thing to do in Columbia ?
oh my favourite thing to do mi favorita cosa de hacer es estar con mi familia .
yo adoro estar con mi familia .
ellos son lo lo they're the best .
that's all I can say .
I also love about Columbia is that it's beautiful climate .
and there's great great there's a lot of fun things to do you know like el parque el café the rivers .
y a veces también Cartagena .
but the best thing about it [=! whispers]
but the best thing I love to do is hang out with my abuelito Alfredo .
he's like my dad you know .
he raised me since I was a little girl .
and I love him .
I know .
yeah you know um you know he's like the best .
and what do you have to say about Anahí ?
his girlfriend .
la la novia de abuelito Alfredo .
well la primera cosa ella es muy muy linda xxx .
she's super nice .
and she has the cutest dog ever .
it's so fluffy .
she is so pretty .
es muy muy bella ella .
muy bella .
she and she's very (..) she's very pleasant to be around with .
and she Anahí ya xxx con mi abuelito Alfredo de novios .
yeah remember once when you you and me went with my mom para la para un parque .
it was like so cool .
and my mom you and me first went on this cool ride where you like sit down .
and there's this little rope that you hold on to .
and you go
xxx .
kind of .
but it's not like as high .
and you go (a)round like a circle like twice .
and then I went on .
then you went on it .
and they said that only people thirteen and under could go on on it .
but my mom went on it .
and she was like in her thirties .
and like she went around .
and right when she ended the cord almost broke .
it went .
that was so funny .
that was hilarious .
I know .
it went .
.
: that was really funny .
I remember that like it was yesterday .
yeah I know .
it was really funny .
let's keep talking about that restaurant .
xxx .
it's a very outdoor restaurant .
and it has a lot of games like the sky lining game .
yeah .
that was funny .
I think they had to take it down after mom went on there .
.
.
ok .
so what's your favourite fruit ?
uh since we're talking about fruits my favourite fruit is a strawberry .
mine is a mango .
mango ?
oh that's a I love mango smoothies .
um mango smoothies .
you know what's funny ?
what ?
remember when we were in the car ?
and we were with Francesca talking Spanish .
and your grandma says 
+" stop screaming !
+" because you're gonna disconcentrate me .
+" and I'm gonna think that we're gonna crash .
and all of a sudden she starts screaming louder than us .
I know .
and then we're thinking oh my gosh .
how could she be disconcentrated when she's scream(ing) with us when she's screaming even louder than us ?
well sometimes xxx .
she's very nervous .
she's very funny person .
yeah .
muy muy chistosa .
yeah .
um during the easter egg hunt at my school the last day before spring break
mmhm .
+, you know um we this kid found an egg with money in it .
and then this he yelled 
+" money in the bank !
oh my gosh .
kids are really funny in your school really funny in your school .
hablando de tu colegio tu colegio is really big and really outdoors .
and it's very it's very exposed to the outdoors .
I know .
you know the second floor when you're heading to the library and the fifth grade hallway and the administrated office ?
yes .
yes .
there's like this pretty balcony that shows like trees and like a lot of pretty stuff you know .
yes it it let's you go outside you know I'm guessing to breathe fresh air .
um your school
what's your favourite holiday ?
Christmas of course Christmas Navidad .
pero I prefer Christmas in Colombia .
very exciting .
very exciting .
what about you ?
um (..) I don't know .
easter and Christmas get like all tied up .
I'm not really sure which one is like the best .
because you know Jesus was born on Christmas .
and he died on easter .
yes he did .
he had about thirty five years to live I think .
thirty three .
treinta y tres años .
he started his ministry at thirty and ended at thirty three .
I know .
well we've talked a lot a lot about you know our thoughts and our family .
so
um
yes
so um what's your favourite cartoon ?
you know who I love ?
I love the Rug_Rats .
they are so cute .
son tan lindos .
I like Fairly_Odd_Parents .
magical fairies ?
yes .
I like them too .
they just came out with a new episode .
oh yeah their baby is so cute so round .
yeah round .
so what's who's your favourite author ?
I like Judy Bloom .
I love her books .
yo amo sus libros .
pero me gustaría que ella escribiera más libros en español para yo puedo practicar mi español .
what about you ?
Mark Twain .
tell me about his books .
tell me about his books .
he made a book about Tom Sawyer .
mmhm .
it's very good .
very good ?
why don't you tell me about the book ?
yeah um you know he it's about this kid who always tricks people into doing stuff for him .
uhuh .
you know yeah .
that's awesome .
well
but you know his real name is Samuel Clemens ?
Samuel Clemens ?
yeah .
wow .
he got out from Mark Twain because he used to um work as someone who helped like xxx and stuff .
sí ?
and then they shouted out 
+" Mark Twain !
so he thought that was a very interesting new name .
so he named himself Mark Twain .
wow a very actually very interesting um story .
let me tell you a very funny story about our presidents .
you know in our uh when the Indians used to see pictures of George Washington they would see the pictures of waist up .
I know and like I heard this story before .
they didn't know how tall he was .
so they just added feet .
I know so when they were gonna make the statue he was just this little mini guy muy muy chiquito como una enanito .
he was so little .
it was funny you know .
I learned about that in a book in in my social studies class .
what month were you born ?
February as I uh previously told you .
cool .
February .
yeah .
so um you're visiting here in Florida right now .
so your family's up in New_jersey .
yes they are in New_jersey .
my mom and her husband and my sister are there .
well I love spending time with you guys you know .
me fascina estar contigo y con mi tía with George and uncle dad .
yeah so just like to wrap it all up because we don't have much time left .
um let's see .
what is
just honestly what is your favourite um
let's see .
what is there ?
well why don't we talk about this .
let me put a conversation .
what are your main priorities to accomplish in life ?
goal ?
yes .
your goal for your life .
I'm not sure .
I'm just gonna wait and see what I need to do when I grow up .
right now I'm just getting the grades doing good doing my best and trying hard .
and when I grow up I'll see what attracts to me .
I'm just
you know people they do like gymnastics or something .
they stick to it .
I didn't if I don't like it I don't do it .
I'm just waiting to see what I like .
oh very interesting .
how about you ?
well my goals in life are to get involved with international businesses .
I would like to learn about you know businesses in all the countries .
laywer ?
yeah a lawyer too .
but ah but you know international business I can talk Spanish with people .
hablar español or different types of languages .
get to travel around .
I wanna learn how to speak different languages .
I have a lot of goals to accomplish in my life .
I'm just like I said before I'm just gonna wait and see what I like or I want to accomplish because right now I don't wanna make a decision and then try to go after it .
and I don't really want it .
well that's a very very interesting thing of thinking ways .
yeah .
entonces ya para cerrar la conversación qué cómo tú te sientes con tu familia ?
I feel very warm with them .
um I just love it when we can just be together and bond just by ourselves .
and you know I love bonding with my parents because we get a chance to chit chat and talk about what's going on with each other and about stuff that just we get comfortable around .
it looks like you have a lot of confidence .
and
I had a lot of self confidence .
yes with yourself .