Misc November and December Observations

Out of blue at dinner one night he picks up a pea with chopsticks, and then picks up more such that I had time to snap some shots for proof.

Andy loves to play hide and seek. When I pick him up from Joe, he would often hide under his little table and say "hiding". He dresses his pet giraffe "Baby" warmly. His favorite stuffed animals are giraffe Baby and dog Daddy that he asks for them every night.

He went to Amanda's piano recital and got to play on the full concert sized Steinway.

Andy continues to talk and repeat after people more everyday. Today (12/26) he's saying "Thank you" in Chinese in the right context. Before he would say please, thank you and welcome in Chinese all together from repeating me or skip right to "Bu2 Ke4 Qi" (welcome). Now I give him something and ask him what to say and he understands I was asking for "Xie xie" (thank you).

Photo Shoot

Andy had an expressive photo session this Saturday (12/19).

Click on the slide show below for the higher resolution picasa album for printing.

First Sleep Over Party

Tristan came over on Thursday night (12/3) as mom and dad were going to the Microsoft Christmas party. He was a bit home sick at first, getting tearing up every few minutes asking for mama. Andy became extra gentle trying to comfort him and wiping his tears. Tristan quickly warmed up and joined the cooking watching party and ate the stir fry heartly.

say cheers

They played the wooden puzzles and drew after dinner. It was interesting to observe kids having different ways of doing puzzles. Andy does one puzzle at a time while Tristan tries to fill all pieces of one shape first (i.e. works on multiple puzzles simultaneously). They also have different drawing styles. Andy likes to make outlines of molds (e.g. put his hand on the board and trace or ask me to trace) while Tristan likes to draw free styled.

Tristan usually goes to bed after 9 but he sure got on Andy's schedule tonight. The two read a bit and went down after 8 to everyone's surprise!

Tristan chose to sleep on the big bed (and Andy decided to join shortly after) so both slept side by side: "Never mind the crib mattress set up on the floor, we are babies no longer..."

Tristan had some good influence on Andy the next morning. Instead of calling for attention when he woke up, Andy saw Tristan and turned all cheerful.

It was a fun adventure for both kids and adults!