One of the activities that we really enjoyed as a family during our vacations in Pennsylvania was playing charades. We had a lot of fun, and some of the performances were memorable.
Florencia was teaming up with Santi and Gaby against Juan, Caro and I. It was her turn to act, and we chose a Bee Gees song for her, Stayin' alive.
To our surprise, Florencia just pointed at herself for about a minute and a half. Gaby and Santi kept guessing: "girl", "Flor", "me", "my", "mine", "vest" (she had a cute white vest with some chocolate milk spots, souvenir of a snack time that went horribly wrong).
Tired of her teammates not guessing correctly, Flor announced that she was going to do the second word. Her mimic was such a departure from what one would understand "alive" that we thought she hadn't understood what she was supposed to represent.
Time was eventually up and Gaby asked, puzzled:
- What was it, Flor?
The girl, with an "I cannot believe you guys, this was brilliant!" look, pointed at the chocolate spots in her vest once again and said, frustrated:
- It was "Stain alive!!!”
I’m not sure whether she knew that she wasn’t acting the right word or not, so I will never know whether that was a moment of brilliance or just plain cute.
Una de las actividades que realmente disfrutamos en familia durante nuestras vacaciones en Pennsylvania fue jugar a las mímicas. Nos divertimos muchísimo, y algunas de las performances fueron sencillamente memorables.
Cansada de que sus compañeros no adivinaran, Flor anunció que iba a actuar la segunda palabra. Sus mímicas tenían tan poco que ver con lo que uno interpretaría como “vivo” que llegamos a pensar que no había entendido qué canción tenía que representar.
Cuando se terminó el tiempo, Gaby preguntó, aún confundida:
- Qué canción era, Flor?
La enana, con una cara bárbara de “No puedo creer que no hayan podido adivinar algo tan brillante!”, señaló por enésima vez las manchas de chocolate de su chaleco y dijo, frustrada:
- Era “Stain (mancha) alive!!!”
Lol! I love it, almost as much the hair freshener story :)
ReplyDeleteFlorencia is too cute. I love kids that age they come up with the cutest ideas. Now I have that song stuck in my head. Drat!
ReplyDeleteTrampa!
ReplyDeleteExijo revision del resultado.
Lo de Flor fue sencillamente fantastico... Como no adivinaron?
Estoy de acuerdo con vos Mike.
ReplyDeleteCon tal de ganar este tipo hace cualquier cosa.
Cómo no adivinaron?? Estaba clarisimo!
ReplyDeleteI think it was both! That is one of your best Flor stories yet!! :D
ReplyDeleteera claro... u oscuro si la mancha era de nesquik...
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