More Toys, Glasses & Patches, Oh My

O.K., here's what I found them playing with over the past few days. The hats are from Grandma (Lao-Lao). The basket is from the laundry room. The 'Lucky Rabbits' Feet' (around Jie-Jie's writst) and the 'Sugar Packet' (in Eva's hand and in her mouth) are from the cupboard under the sink in the ensuite in our bedroom. Yep. Those toys don't leave the house no matter how hard the kids scream to take them with them. So, I ask, why bother to buy them toys when they seem to prefer to play with 'things' they find around the house.

As the picture below demonstrates, we have resorted to nerdish techniques to get Jie-Jie's glasses to sit in the right place when he has his eye patch on. He was constantly looking over the top of the lenses rather then through them. It might look funny, but it works and he doesn't mind one bit. What a kid!

He has added a ton of new phrases to both his English and French vocabulary this week. We're just completely amazed at how fast he's learning. Yesterday he handed me his cup and said, 'Open this please Mama'. It was as clear as day.