Little Man Gets a French Lesson

Yesterday we visited the Smithsonian (the space one since there are a billion museums here). Little Man had his batteries fully charge and was running all over that place. We watched an IMAX movie late in the afternoon about the moon. While waiting for the movie to start, this French family sitting behind us was animatedly chatting about the day. The boy was about Little Man's age. The father would ask his son if he wanted to see some attraction and the boy would emphatically yell "Oui-oui!" At one point the dad must have asked the boy a spectacular question because the boy got to his knees on his chair and began chanting "Oui-oui! Oui-oui! Oui-oui!" with excitement over and over again. The next thing I hear is Little Man just laughing and giggling. You see, he heard "WEE-WEE, WEE-WEE,WEE-WEE" instead of "yes-yes, yes-yes, yes-yes" in french. I started laughing too and quickly explained to Little Man that the boy was not shouting out improper words. He looked a little disappointed. I was trying to be grown up and not laugh but I saw things from Little Man's point of view: imagine someone yelling "penis penis!" in a crowded room. Just see if you don't get a few chuckles.

It was really cold our first day here.

Little Man looking at the Declaration of Independence. This document and the movie National Treasure started his obsession to see DC.

Little Man learning about gravity at the Smithsonian