Can you put grandpa on the phone please?

LP likes to pretend talking on the phone a lot, with his toys, or even by putting his hand to his ear. When you actually give him the phone and they're someone talking on the other side, though, he's much less game. Either he giggles, or he looks semi-frightened and pushes the phone away. Most of the time these days, when we ask him if he wants to talk to someone (including to me last night), he just thoughtfully and assuredly says "nonnnn...", very much like, "thanks so much for presenting me with this opportunity, but really, I won't bother".

But a few days ago he's had his most "real-sounding" conversation so far, with his paternal grandmother in Quebec City. He not only said "allo", then proceed to correctly identify her (Louise), but he also made a connection that wherever she was out there, it probably meant that his grandfather was also nearby.

Now let's not talk about his immediate, life-or-death, inexplicable, ineluctable attachment for his grandpa too much, as I do not wish to hurt M's mom feelings over her only grandchild repeatedly turning his back on her to enter into a world where only him and his grandpa exist (I'm kidding, she mostly just finds it funny), but LP and M's dad together, it's serious stuff.

So making the best of all his words while having her on the phone, he immediately asked: ..."Un autre? (Gr)and-papa?" (Literally "another one" but in this case more like "someone else"? Grandpa?), which she greeted with a burst of laughter we could both hear from the other side of the room.

She finally gets to talk with him on the phone for more than two seconds, and all he wants is to use her to get through you-know-who? Gosh, that's rude. Who taught him these friggin' manners? Seriously, I'm so relieved she's being such a good sport about it. He loves you very much, you know, Louise (sheepish grin)....