You realize all the funny intricacies of English when you teach a child to talk. Here are two of our most reason experiences with Theo:
1) Theo came to me sad because he had fallen. Wanting to inspect the part of his body that hurt, I asked him where it hurt and he said 'under the flowers' which is where he GOT hurt not where on his body it hurt.
2) Today Theo fell (do you notice a trend here) and came to Charles to whine. Charles told him to 'shake it off'. And of course, to a one-year-old, this meant start shaking where it hurts so Theo started shaking his hand very quickly.
All these things we learn with time!
2 comments:
Poor kiddo! But I do like his interpretations. Miss you guys!
After many years of trying to teach the English language, I have a lot of sympathy for Theo's plight.
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