This is turning out to be Bubbie week on the blog. He just provides so much material about which to write. It’s like having free entertainment right in our own home! Well. Not exactly free. We do have to feed him. And clothe him. But you know what I mean.

Derek has been teaching the younger boys spanish on the fly. For example, he asks them if they know how to say “dog” in spanish, and when they reply with the obvious “no”, he tells them the word in spanish.

This inspired Jeremy to teach me french this afternoon. Here’s how our conversation went:

Before his naptime, I read to Jeremy about some WWII french plane with lots of letters in the name. I told him it was french, then I pronounced it like a frenchman (i.e. I pronounced 1/3 of the letters).

Jeremy then asked me if I knew how to say “tree” in french. I said the obvious “no”. He said, “It’s ablee”.

I raised my eyebrows impressively and nodded “ohhh”.

Jeremy: “Do you know how to say wall in french?”

Mom: “no”

Jeremy: “It’s odee”

Mom: “ohhh”

Jeremy (looking at Ruthie on my lap): “Do you know how to say Ruth in french?”

Mom: “no”

Jeremy: “It’s addoo-bogu”

Mom (suppressing laughter): “ohhh”

This went on for quite some time. Sure he was probably prolonging the start of his nap, but it was awfully fun.