My in-laws speak Cantonese 98% of the time in their normal lives, so they also primarily speak Cantonese around my kids. Ethan is barely understandable even in English, so who knows if he's catching on to anything or not, but I think he probably will some day. Then I plan to use him as a spy to tell me what's going on and what his grandparents are saying :) I did have one realization the other day- I was reading a magazine article about women in the workplace, and they had a whole section on minority women. And I skimmed it, because it doesn't apply to me, being a middle class white woman. And then I stopped in my tracks and had the shocking thought that my daughter is a minority woman. Of course, I always knew that, but I don't think it really sunk in until I read the article. Hopefully she wont face problems because of her minority woman status, but she might. And it's not something I can relate to. Which is really strange to think of. Hope that made sense. I'm very sleep deprived :)