English fun

Of course 7th-grade Daniel won't always speak English like this, but it's so much fun while he does. 

"Mom!" he ordered enthusiastically in the car as I drove him to soccer practice.  "Body all now I can.  ALL. Ask."  

He was relaying some good news from his English as a Second Language (ESL) class, but the news seemed hard to classify. I thought he was saying, "Body oil now I can.  OIL. Ask." 

I could not WAIT to ask.  "Okay!" I shouted.

"Ask."

"All body oil?"

"All," he repeated. "Teacher say 100!" 

"Oil?"

"Yes."

"Uh huh."

"Ask," he said.  He looked so happy, absolutely beaming with expectation.

I... I hardly knew where to begin.

"Oil?"

"Oh my God," said Daniel.  He pointed to my shoulder and enquired. "This one?"

"This one?"

"Shoulder!" he shouted.

"Oh!" I said.  "You learned the parts of the body!"

"All body me!  Ask!"

I held up my hand.

"Hand!" said Daniel.  

I pointed to my chin.

"Chin!" said Daniel.

I outlined my lips.

"Mouth!" said Daniel.  

I wiggled my fingers.

"Fingers!" said Daniel.

I held up my thumb.

"Moth-ball," said Daniel. 

I burst out laughing.

"Oh my God," said Daniel.  "T -- H -- I do not like this T - H."

"Thumb," I said.

"Tumb," said Daniel. "I knew there was T - H.  No good T - H."

I love talking to Daniel.  With or without oil.