Friday, September 11, 2009

Connor still speaks French

Connor's abilities as a mimic are impressive. He copies absolutely everything that Jamie does, of course, because Jamie is the most interesting person in the world. But Connor does manage to find time to copy us. Since spelling is becoming a less effective means of masking what we are saying from Jamie, we have taken to speaking French to each other when we need to communicate something we don't want them to hear. Fortunately, this is generally pretty simple stuff, like should we let them have cookies. But I guess it becomes habit because we've been hearing a number of French phrases mirrored back to us by little Connor. He sometimes comes running into the room and presents himself with a "Woila!" And my favorite of all, when Jamie sends up the call from the bathroom, "I need a cleanup!", Connor will say, a little wearily, "J'arrive!".

1 comment:

Sarah said...

And don't forget that he admonishes his brother: calmez-vous!