Mom: Keep going! Can you make it spin, like you were?
Leo: Pour quoi tu fais ça? (Why are you doing that?) Parce qu'il faut faire des *bananas*? (Because we need to do (use) the bananas?)
Tomi: No-o-on, on va pas faire des *bananas*, on va faire *breadstick(s)*. (No-o-o, we're not doing bananas, we're going to make breadsticks.)
It made me laugh to hear that when Tomi uses the word "breadsticks" in a French sentence, he doesn't pronounce the "s" at the end (though they both do with the word "bananas").
Just fyi, we had talked about the possibility of making banana bread, too, and if you knew where we keep the fruit basket, you could see Leo looking briefly over to be sure the bananas are still there.
p.s. Sorry about the quality. It's my first time reducing the size of a home movie for You Tube...
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
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I was wondering why I was singing "Bananas in pajamas" this morning. I think you guys got bananas stuck in my head! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJkPWMaNaIM
I'm dreaming of making both banana bread and bread sticks. Soon I will have a kitchen. Or maybe not. Maybe it will just be finished the next time you visit. Then the boys can help me make some bread. They seem very good in the kitchen.
I had to laugh at Tomi's R in bReadstick--a very Gallic R. Also at the sound of Leo singing to himself in the next room before he actually moves into the video frame.
sweet sweet little guys. Am I really to believe there will come a day that my two little womb-sharing kiddos will stand side by side and have a conversation without pulling each other's hair out?
Sorry, we're having a day.
I've been checking here often to see if you have an update after your last few entries. Are you ok?!
we're into watching this over and over again! thank you.
also, a link i thought you'd like that i put in my blog today: http://www.nytimes. com/2008/ 06/15/opinion/ 15dowd.html? em&ex=1213761600&en=b127e3\
62f13ca708&ei=5087%0A
Ellen - the boys and I watched that video and laughed over and over (until they yelped, "Where is Spiderman?!?! and I was coerced into a superhero video search).
Mom - Did you like how Tomi didn't use the article for (the) breadsticks, either? A real child franglophone.
Analisa - I owe you a long ( x 745 ) email...
Jennifer & Analisa - Ain't twins great, though? (Sometimes, there will be a difficult day, and I end up grumping my way through it. But then, thinking about it later, I just have to laugh. They're so cute, so sweet, so weird, so funny... So worth it!)
Jennifer - Re: the article, I think most people outside of the US are actually very worried that what seems so obvious to everybody else (the US's need for a President Obama, versus... you know...) won't seem so obvious to more than 50% of US voters. The past two elections have made people very wary of assuming anything with respect to the American electorate. Personally, though, I prefer to hope...
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