Friday, February 03, 2006

El Perro Fumando

We have enrolled the boys in a Spanish class taught by the University of Utah at their elementary school. It’s an extra thing and we paid about $150 dollars for the two semesters, I think. It’s taught very early in the morning, before regular school starts. That’s great, but we are night people here at the Deal Family Compound, so mornings are difficult. On occasion, we give them rides to school.

Yesterday, while giving them a ride I was yelling out words in Spanish to them. Just whatever popped into my brain and whatever I could approximate. (I speak Italian as a second lingo, English is theoretically my Mother Tongue, but that’s open for debate). So as they are getting out of the car I’m yelling, quince! (15), casa! (house), camisa!! (shirt) and finally gato!! (cat). I’m not asking them for translations, mind you, I’m just yelling Spanish words at 7:30 in the morning in the school parking lot, mostly because I find that sort of thing amusing.

Lucas, who is out of the car by now, turns right around, and without missing a beat says, Yo tengo un gato en mis pantelones.

(I have a cat in my pants.)

Then he waved at me and walked into school.

So I think we are totally getting our money’s worth from this program, don’t you?

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