Here are a few more conversations I had with Sophie while visiting in May and June.
Moi - Aimerais-tu aller à la messe Sophie? On passait devant une église catholique ou il y avait une messe française le dimanche. Elle me répond "You mean the mess on the ground?"
I had just read her the story of The Princess and the Pea. Teacher that I am, I had to ask a few comprehension questions, of course. I asked her "Why do you think the princess did not sleep?" To which she answered emphatically, "Because she had to PEE!"
I love hearing her speak French - ie Quoi c'est que ça? J'entends ma tante Dada qui dit ça.
Sophie hit me from behind with a pool noodle, surprising me, so when I told her she had kind of startled me, she quipped so quickly, "Désolée!" I had never heard her say that word.
Quand je lui ai dit, "Arrête de crier.", elle m'a répondue " I wasn't cri-a-ing."
When I picked her up at school, I remarked on the large number of school buses waiting. She informs me that they are FRENCH buses.
Jojo, do you want to do an Iron Dance? I wonder what she means, and then she puts her hands on her hips and starts doing an IRISH dance.
I know how to turn it on, but I am not helping him. (She meant an IPad and she was upset with a little friend, so Mlle wasn't feeling your usual compassionate self.)
We were cooking lobster we had just bought and Sophie is bouncing around the kitchen, chatting non stop and very dramatically exclaiming. "I am REALLY stressed out. I am friggin' scared of lobster. They are REALLY scary!"
I was giving a little friend a back scratch when Sophie remarked that she was getting a SPA!
When I asked her to tell me ONE new thing she had learned that day at school that she didn't already know, this was her reply. "I know everything. We do it EVERY DAY!"
Feeling my underarms while sitting beside me as I read her a story, she declared, "Your arms are squishy. There is a LOT of blood in there!" She was totally fascinated. LOL
Talking about an airplane trip, she informs me that her friend doesn't have a "court pad." What Sophie meant was "a passport." :)
Aren't grandchildren delightful? Quels trésors sont-ils, nos petits-enfants!
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