Ooh, La La!

Lee's been going to French school once a week. The transition, like all transitions, has been a bit rough for her, but she comes out happy afterward. She's started counting in French around the house, and throwing other French words around. Not just that, but she speaks French gibberish. It's great. What comes out of her mouth is complete nonsense, yet somehow it sounds French. I guess that's exactly why you want to learn a foreign language as a child.

To support this effort, I am supposed to be reviewing my French. Our library offers Mango Languages online, and I've checked out The Idiot's Guide to Learning French, but I haven't been very good about putting in the time. Even with a few minutes here and there, it is coming back, though. It's back in my brain somewhere!

The fun thing is that Lee teaches Clara what she knows, and so now Clara, who has just started counting to ten in English, is beginning to count in French as well.

In addition to "Bonne nuit!" which gets tossed around at naptime and bedtime, they both seem to have both picked up on "ooh, la la!" It's hilarious. They'll be playing in the other room, and you'll hear one of them say "ooh, la la!"