THE OSCARS, JADE GOODY'S WEDDING & RAY QUIN DANCING ON ICE, I'M SPOILT FOR CHOICE

Although the children are bilingual, as am I, and although we have the choice of either French or English TV, the number one choice is always English. This is mainly because French TV is either live, (and they manage to screw it up each time), or because it's re-runs of very old programs such as "The Love Boat". But today is Sunday, not just any old Sunday, this is a busy Sunday, at least as far as celeb watching is concerned. Today we have Jade Goody's wedding at lunchtime, Ray & Maria dancing on ice tonight, (I could watch that young lad skate until the cows come home!), and then, sometime during the night, the long awaited Oscars. Fortunately, we all have roughly the same taste in TV, this means that we don't have to spend a fortune on separate ones for each of us! But they don't enjoy the Oscars so much. I remember my daughter piping up one year, "Why do they keep calling it Oscars? It's not Oscars award, it's hers!!". That was a couple of years ago, she understands it a bit better now.

My no2. son has a friend round this morning, and it's funny listening to both French and English voices at the same time. It must be very confusing for their friends, because although they speak French to them, when brother or sister arrives on the scene, they will converse in English to them. Thus the poor French kid gets a kind of Franglais mixed in with his own language, and looks at you dumbfounded. Mind you, could be good if they're learning English at school. That is the beauty of a child being bilingual, they can switch and change languages at the drop of a hat, even mid-sentence. I speak 3 languages, French, English & rubbish, the latter being the better of the 3!

Should there be any Americans dropping by, you'll know the results of the Oscars before me, however, I will know the results of Dancing On Ice before you, so I'll up-date tomorrow. That said, you probably don't know what Dancing On Ice is, apart from it's obvious name, maybe I should try to get a preview up on the blog, but then again, unless you are familiar with the UK celebs that are in it, you probably won't want to know what it is.