Lucy Speaking Portuguese

For a long time we have felt like Lucy has understood a little bit of Portuguese. And, other than "oi", "tudo bem", and "chao" she really hasn't been speaking Portuguese. However, we have suddenly realized that she understands more than we thought and is now starting to speak it. The other day I was speaking to our neighbor - all in portuguese of course. She told me how she had to go to the doctor (medico) because her daughter wasn't feeling well. After the neighbor went back into her home Lucy turned to me and said, "that's too bad they have to go to the doctor." She understood that the baby was sick and knew where they were heading. This has happened many times. She listens closely to conversations Andy or I will have with other people -in person or on the phone and then she always asks questions about those conversations indicating she knew exactly what we were saying. Then this weekend she asked Andy if they could play in Portuguese. So, she and Andy began conversing back and forth in Portuguese while they played. Lucy threw out a few terms that I am still not sure how she knew! And today she did the same with me. We were playing house and she was speaking in Portuguese and I was talking in English. She finally looked at me and said, "No mom! We are speaking only in Portuguese!" It is very cute. I know she will forget it all very soon but it is cute to watch.