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Here we have had all of these wonderful, incredible adventures over the past few weeks and months and what finally brought me to my latest blog post is a simple parental anecdote.
Josh can be quite the character. I think back to some of the yarns he will
tell from time to time and it’s pure comedy.
First of all, he doesn’t lie as much these days as he used to, but you
always have to stay on the lookout for it.
For Isabel’s complete lack of ability to lie, Josh makes up for it in
spades. He has been known to tell some
doozies, and with such passion and conviction too. In any case he certainly can streeeeeetch the
truth sometimes, especially when he gets excited, and he clearly has a more “creative
interpretation” of the world than our more literal Isabel. That’s first.
Secondly, his stories have considerable “bounce” to
them. By bounce I mean that they jump
all the Hell over the place. “This
person to that thing to over there and then this other thing and oh my then
you’ll never believe but so-and-so was there and oooooh that happened, bla,
bla”…it’s like a Robyn Williams stand-up routine - it’s hard to follow, but
entertaining as Hell.
And lately, what really makes it fun is the fact that he now
tells the story of his day with a bunch of Italian words thrown randomly into
the mix. Not only that, but he
pronounces the Italian words with legitimate Italian pronunciation. Like the other night:
“Ooh Daddy, I have to tell you about what happened
today. Maestra Donatella told us all to
line up against il muro so we could get on the pulmino to go down to the
piscine. I drew a picture, did you see
it yet?! But ooooh, Tomaso was being
molto male and Mamma Mia! you wouldn’t believe what he did! I like Catarina a lot, she’s my friend, even
though she spilled latte on my grembiule.
Oh yeah, then Sofia got in the way of Matteo so Luca pushed her back
into la scuola and boy oh boy was Maestra Donatella arrabbiato! I tried to tell Filipo that io non fato
niente because I didn’t want to get into trouble because I’m a good swimmer
even if I don’t like to swim in aqua freddo.
And did you know they have a big scivolo which is totally AWE-SOME! And that’s why my giorno was super-fun
today!” …on and on, hand gestures
and all.
It’s classic Josh. He’s awesome! Suzanne and I just sit there and watch. Occasionally we’ll look over at each other
with the expression of “Do you know what the HELL this kid is talking about
right now?” and then we’ll shrug the response “Nope….whadya gonna do?”….kids!
;)
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| On Pont Neuf |
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| Birds eating from their hands in front of Notre Dame |
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| View from the top of the Ferris wheel |
