Alex is at the questioning stage since weeks ago. Everytime he gets into the car, as soon as he’s straped in, he asks “where are we going?” “are we going home?” He asks “where are we going now?” almost every 2 minutes. I think we should expect “Are we there yet?” soon.

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We’re back on Sunday night. Ashlyn came to the airport with my cousins to pick us up. For some reasons, she acted shy and embarrassed when we talked to her. By the time we got home, 11 something, Alex was already sound asleep.

Monday morning, as soon as Alex woke up, I asked him where did Mama go, and here is the conversation:

Mama: Alex, Mama 去左邊呀? Alex, where did Mama go?
Alex: 英國 England (in a very confirmed, definite tone)
Mama: ??!!
Mama: Alex, Mama 去左邊呀? Alex, where did Mama go?
Alex: 你係唔係去左英國呀? Did you go to England?
Mama: ??!! 你點知呀? How did you know?

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Happy Birthday Ashlyn !
XOXO

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Took the kids to their first summer recreation class yesterday — The Little Panda Class, a playgroup done in Chinese. There’re about 15 kids all together.

At the beginning of the class, Ashlyn and Alex were not too interested, and they looked confused. I think it’s because of the language. Everybody else knew the songs very well, and it’s very obvious that we’re the new comers. As the class progress, and teacher Jill took out more props, Ashlyn and Alex got involved a bit, especially when some wooden sticks (like drum sticks) and musical instruments were distributed to the kids.

We were given a CD and a lyric book, so last night, we were teaching Ashlyn & Alex to say words in Chinese. Not sure if they totally understood the meaning, or if they were just imitating the pronunciation, they sounded pretty good.

I was solo with the kids yesterday. I will try to take video and pictures next time.

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