Off With a Bang

Today was the first day back to school following a wonderful 10 days off, better known as Spring Break. After ten days of absolutely no commitments and a very long laundry list of things to get done that were never even attempted, I returned refreshed and ready to take on the final quarter of school. I wasn't at school but ten minutes this morning when I found myself saying to one of my students, "What did you say?"
As I was walking up to the office to sign in, a few of my students were following me up. One of them, who is a real chatterbox, proceeded to tell me about her spring break. While she was talking she mentioned to me that she had dinner at a restaurant with her family.
"What restaurant did you eat at?" I asked.
As she walked in front of me she replied, "I don't know what it is called. It was a restaurant."
I didn't quite hear or understand what she said, so I asked, "What did you say?"
"I said, 'It was a restaurant.'"
I still couldn't understand what she said since she was walking in front of, and essentially away from me. So I tried once again. I firmly replied, "I can't hear what you are saying when you are not facing me. What kind of restaurant did you eat at?"
She then stopped, turned around and said to me, "It was a BUILDING restaurant." I thought, building restaurant? Aren't all restaurants in a building? I was expecting something like Thai, Chinese, Italian. But no, this 6 year old thought that best adjective to use to describe the restaurant was building. But, in her defense, she lives in Kona and most restaurants here are not really in "buildings". They are mostly outdoor seating. And then, with out even missing a beat, she continued on with her story.