Songbird

Suddenly, singing is becoming much more of importance for LP. Out of the blue, he's often bursting into song, which makes us laugh a lot, especially when we weren't the ones who taught the songs to him (grasping that he has a full life outside of the one he has with us at home is always fascinating). He's been recently overheard singing the following:

-While washing his hands-
On lave bien les mains (We're washing our hands good)
On croise les doigts (Fingers crossed)
Ensuite les poignets (Then the wrists)
Bye-bye les microbes (Bye-bye germs)
Allo les mains propres! (Hello clean hands!)

-After playing and making a mess-
Après avoir joué (After having played)
Il faut bien ranger... (We need to put things away...)

-While playing with his trucks-
Le camion sur le chemin (The truck on the road)
Roule, pout-pout-pout (Drive, honk-honk)
Il est chargé du bon grain (It's loaded with good grains)
Pour le pain du matin (For the morning's bread)

Unbeknowst to us, he's also learned a lot of classic French nursery rhymes, like Frère Jacques, Meunier, tu dors?, (Grain miller, are you sleeping?), Pomme de rainette et pomme d'api, Le roi, la reine et le petit prince, Sur le pont d'Avignon, and Savez-vous planter des choux? (Do you know how to sow cabbage?)

We find this last one (which goes: savez-vous planter des choux, à la mode, à la mode...) the funniest, because he likes to change the lyrics and adapt them to his daily life. For instance, he's sung: "On va faire des paninis (we'll make paninis), à la mode, à la mode..." or "On s'en va chez Home Depot (we're going to Home Depot), à la mode, à la mode..."