Wednesday, June 18, 2008

My Brave Bilingual Babe

A few months ago, I gave Cailia some food and she said "Shi-shi" (thank you in Chinese). I didn't think I heard her right, so I asked her what she said and she said "Shi-shi, thanks!" She now alternates saying thanks in English and Chinese. Then tonight when I was putting her to bed, I put her baby down next to her and she turned to the baby and said "Ni-hao" (Hi in Chinese). Who said you can't learn anything from tv?!

Also today I was trying to open a bottle of bubbles and couldn't get the seal off of it so I said quietly mostly to myself, "I need something sharp", but just kept trying to do it with my fingers. A few minutes later I heard Cailia yelling "Help Mommy, I stuck!" So I went to see what was wrong, and found her with only her belly balancing on my laptop desk, teetering back and forth about to fall off, with my scissors in her hand! I didn't know she knew I kept them up there! I also didn't know she could figure out that when I need something sharp, scissors will help! She's smart, but too brave for me! She also climbed up on Jeff's motorcycle twice today. She reminds me a lot of Jen, good thing her legs aren't long enough to climb the walls yet!

2 comments:

Michelle said...

Cailia is quite the talker! Most kids her age are just trying to master English, but she has to take it a step further...

Barbara said...

yeah, she's such an overachiever. ;)