Mom's eagerness*

In Spanish, we have a word that cannot be translated to English. It is "afán" It can be a noun or an adjective. It expresses application, strive, aspiration, wish, vehement yearn, diligence, rush, hurry, eagerness. I can say that I am "afanosa" which means that I have all those qualities. Or I can say that I have an "afán" to do things, which means that I want to do things in all those ways. I've been searching and I think that the best word I could find to translate this concept is "eager, eagerness" I'll use these two words whenever  I'm talking about the word "afán" or "afanosa" in Spanish. 

Knowing the letters again

Two years ago, more or less, Mati started to recognize the letters of the alphabet. We did many activities together to practice the sounds of the letters, capitals and lowercase, and finally, to put letters together and get words.