Off to Kai’s house!

Luca loves to put his favorite toys in his new monkey backpack from Gugu (Xiao Jing) and go to kai’s house. Though usually about halfway there, he says, “Too big, Mama bao (carry).”

Camping trip

A few pictures from our camping trip and visit to Monterey Aquarium for Baba’s birthday two weeks ago. Luca loved the jellyfish!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Tonight we were trying to figure out if Luca knew the difference between Chinese and English, and that two languages exist. So Mama asked him, “How do you say ‘big’ in Chinese?” After some encouragement, he correctly answered, “Da!”. Then Baba asked in Chinese, “How do you say it in English?” and right away he… Continue reading Happy Thanksgiving!

Luca and DooDah

After waking up from his nap the other day, Luca decided he wanted to read to DooDah – first the Little Engine That Could (“Guca read blue oo-oo DooDah”) and then Cars and Trucks and Things that Go (“Guca read volvo DooDah”).

A lesson for Mama and a lesson for Luca

Today both Mama and Luca learned a valuable lesson. Mama learned that baking soda and water does a great job of removing crayon from walls (though she still hasn’t figured out how to get it off the sofa). Luca learned that cleaning crayon off walls is not nearly as much fun as putting it on.