2008
I love this memory of my niece Molly and Godchild George...
Molly and George (5 at the time) my niece and Godchild went with me to the grocery store. While I drove Molly told me she could smell France. I thought to myself that the lavender scent that I sprayed in the car must still be detectable, and how clever she was to somehow know that lavender was often referenced as French. I asked, "What does France smell like?"
"Oh Coco you know," she said while looking at me from the corner of her eye, "France smells like frog legs and snails."
"Really, you don't say?"
How does a five year old know such things? Glancing in the rear view mirror I asked George what he thought about that. He said, "Yes, it does smell like that, and blue cheese."
Without laughing, I asked, "Are you sure you two aren't smelling Sacha's dirty socks?"
What says French to you?
