He's also recognizing Chinese more. Written AND spoken! For the first time the other day, he saw something written in Chinese and said simply, "Chinese!" While we were driving around later, you can imagine how many times he said it. I tried to explain to him that we live in China, so seeing Chinese is to be expected. He then translated that to meaning "Josiah is Chinese. Mommy is Chinese...." No, son. We're not.
But he is practicing his numbers and some phrases he learned last year. I'm sure he'd learn much faster if we spoke it in the home. haha
Some of his faves:
- Counting to 20 in English
- Counting to 10 in Chinese
- "Ohhh snap." (Thanks to Daddy!)
- "Outside put shoes on!" (These days it's "brown shoes on." His brown dressy shoes. He wears them every day, no matter how many times we try to convince him they don't go with his outfit and that his tennis shoes make him run faster.)
- "Please", "thank you", and "you're welcome". Honestly, he's very polite.
- Praying before every meal. On his own initiative. It's simple, but we're thankful for the habit forming now.
- "Watch Bubble Guppies?" His new favorite show. Can't get enough of it. Parents--it's actually our favorite, too. The songs are catchy, not annoying!
- With sheer excitement, explaining everything he did while outside, as soon as he enters the door. "Rode bike! Saw friends! (He doesn't really have friends..this refers to anyone he sees.) Had fun! Rode bike!"
- "Sleep good?" "Have a good nap?" He asks these questions as soon as he gets up...beating us to the punch. Or maybe he thinks we actually fit in a nap, too?!
Ohh, there are more. But I will have to add them later as I think of them.
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