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Wednesday 24 February 2010

Reported conversations No. 18 : the compliment's in the simile

Five degrees at 8:30am. Patchy sunshine.Today we spotted this year's first butterfly.

Recently, Mama was called to the kindergarten to bring home AJ, who had developed a raging fever. On the drive home, my red-cheeked sneezy-boy broke his sweaty silence with, "Sofia said I was as hot as a stove, and then Andrea said I was as hot as the sun...".

Ever eager to build a lesson in English on an everyday situation, Mama replied, "As hot as chilli peppers." AJ suggested, "As hot as summer", and Mama put in, "As hot as the jungle."

After a pause, and a sleepless-night-to-come cough, the hoarse little voice piped up again from the back of the car : "Hot as ...

... Mama!"

You gotta like the kid!



11 comments:

Vanessa said...

His father must have been coaching him...

Carole Poirot said...

Aww, that's great, he sounds really cute, absolutely love it :-D

Emily said...

Now THAT'S a well-trained child!

Lee said...

Keep him!

Karin said...

That's a cool kid!!! Hope he's right as rain soon!

Debbie said...

I hope you took good care of him after that!
Love the new look around here. Quite a change for you.

♥ Braja said...

I think that child is definitely Italian....:))

LadyFi said...

That's hilarious! Hope he's feeling less.. hot... now.

Unknown said...

Very smart kid!

Jennifer said...

what a cute conversation! Sounds like a great kid! Hope he got to feeling better quickly!

The Me/ The Wife/ The Mom said...

LOL! What a fabulous child!

Wednesday 24 February 2010

Reported conversations No. 18 : the compliment's in the simile

Five degrees at 8:30am. Patchy sunshine.Today we spotted this year's first butterfly.

Recently, Mama was called to the kindergarten to bring home AJ, who had developed a raging fever. On the drive home, my red-cheeked sneezy-boy broke his sweaty silence with, "Sofia said I was as hot as a stove, and then Andrea said I was as hot as the sun...".

Ever eager to build a lesson in English on an everyday situation, Mama replied, "As hot as chilli peppers." AJ suggested, "As hot as summer", and Mama put in, "As hot as the jungle."

After a pause, and a sleepless-night-to-come cough, the hoarse little voice piped up again from the back of the car : "Hot as ...

... Mama!"

You gotta like the kid!



11 comments:

Vanessa said...

His father must have been coaching him...

Carole Poirot said...

Aww, that's great, he sounds really cute, absolutely love it :-D

Emily said...

Now THAT'S a well-trained child!

Lee said...

Keep him!

Karin said...

That's a cool kid!!! Hope he's right as rain soon!

Debbie said...

I hope you took good care of him after that!
Love the new look around here. Quite a change for you.

♥ Braja said...

I think that child is definitely Italian....:))

LadyFi said...

That's hilarious! Hope he's feeling less.. hot... now.

Unknown said...

Very smart kid!

Jennifer said...

what a cute conversation! Sounds like a great kid! Hope he got to feeling better quickly!

The Me/ The Wife/ The Mom said...

LOL! What a fabulous child!