One of my brothers has some slightly more, ah, cultured plans.
As in, he's taking his family to France.
They are the cool ones in the extended family line.
No offense, Other Brother.
But we gotta admit, Middle Brother got the cool going on with the French Thanksgiving and all.
Although I still say that Thanksgiving '05 when Other Brother and family and Mike and I and the kids grilled steaks on the island was pretty cool as well.
Anyway.
So 6 of 8 hears of the French Thanksgiving plans and that her cousins will be going all continental on us.
"Oh," she breathes. "They are going to France. I've always wanted to go to France."
She's six years old. Six. And apparently she has wanted to go to France her whole life.
"I so badly want to go to Paris. It's my favorite city in the whole world."
Next to Dallas, apparently. Because the last time we were in Dallas, she told me she was a Dallas Girl.
"Paris. I wish I was going there."
I ask her why she would want to go to Paris.
She looks down her nose at me and says, "The food. The food is amazing. Paris has the best food in the world." She says this as if I am a cretin.
And how does she posses such epicurean knowledge at such a young, tender age, you might ask? How does she know that all her life she has wanted to dabble in the culinary delights of Paris?
By watching Ratatouille, of course.
Cultured, we is. Cultured we aim to be.
Cute! And I have to agree, Paris does have some amazing food.
ReplyDeleteSo true! So true!
ReplyDeleteOf course, it's cold and raining there at the moment - but let's not destroy the illusion!
Good teaching opportunity though, if she fancies learning some French!?
Hi there!
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This cracked me up! I want to go to Paris too.
Hated the movie Ratatouille though. Two things I despise the most. Rats and cooking! :)
((Hugs))
Laura
Well, let's take her to a French restaurant and watch as they bring her pate de fois gras and escargot and then see how she feels about French food. :-) I for one will pass.
ReplyDeleteI love her stories...She reminds me of James.
She just cracks me up!
ReplyDeleteShe's right about Paris--but it's just hilarious coming from someone with her age and experience. :-)
LOL bless her! Hope you are sat down because i am back and posting a reply to you for the first time in MONTHS!!
ReplyDeleteParis is ok tell her as long as you have no plans to drive through it!!
Of course they don't celebrate Thanksgiving in France...
ReplyDeleteHa!! That is too dang funny!
ReplyDeleteHaha!!!! I KNEW IT! I knew it before you even wrote it. The whole time I was thinking, "I bet she saw it on Ratatouille!"
ReplyDeleteMy boys love that movie and are always asking us when we can go to Paris. I keep telling them, "When you get a job!" ;)
A movie involving rats in the kitchens of France seems like an Oxymoron. I can't even watch it. Glad it works for 6 of 7 though.
ReplyDeleteOh 6of8 you have again expanded my world just a little more. You are wise beyond your years and have brought me such enlightenment, thank-you. I will pass on the frogs and snails but pastries, oh the pastries, I think if I had the money I'd book a seat to France, sample every pastry I could and book two seats home... one for each cheek after eating so much!
ReplyDeleteYour little one has sophisticated taste. Although Paris is often overcast, the city is overrun with LARGE dogs with LARGE offerings, which the Parisians don't like to clean up after but...there is no city like it.
ReplyDeleteHave been reading your blog for a few minutes and your kids are darling. The eyes on that little one--oh, my! What a beautiful child.
Haha, that's awesome! That's awesome that she learned from Ratatouille!
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