Our Little Guy

There are lots of funny little quirky things about our little man. For example, he wears size two tops but can barely keep up size 18-24 month pants. Yet pants with a smaller waist size are much too short in the legs. On the other hand, he has huge feet. He wears a size seven shoe which is the same size Eva.

He's been picking up a little language since his second day with us. He's got a word for all the things he finds most important in his life and he learnt them in order of importance. His first Canadian word was 'pee-pee'. When he needs to go he says, 'pee-pee da'. Next was ' fait doe-doe' (that is French childspeak for 'faire dormir' which means 'to go to sleep'). Then came 'manger' (French for 'to eat'). Today he added 'c'est bon' (it's good) of course talking about food. Within probably the first few minutes of having him we learned the mandarin phrase 'Hao shi ma?' (Is it good?) and he always responds right away with 'Hao shi yo' (It's good). Now he says it in French. So cute.

Today Jie-Jie taught me why there are child safety locks on backseat car doors. As we rounded the corner to the house in my OLD Jetta and were pulling up to the mailbox to get the mail I heard a car door open. It took me a second to figure out what was going on, but I soon realized that Jie-Jie was flipping the black door handle beside his seat and he had opened up the door a bit. The latch was still half connected so the door didn't swing wide open, but still. He was seemingly totally oblivious to what he had done. Just hanging out, looking out the side window and fiddling around with this 'thing' on his door.... (Just to let you know, Eva and I have been driving mostly that car for the past year and a half and the back door has never opened).

So, tomorrow is Mom's Morning Out again and I've decided not to take Jie-Jie. While he didn't panic or show a lot of fear with the large groups of people in the events we attended over the weekend, he stuck to either Jean-Pierre or me like glue. I don't see that he's ready to be left in a strange room on his own yet even if mom is just one room over from him. Instead we'll go to the playgroups where the kids and parents stay in the same room the entire time.