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Link back to all Wednesday, March 11, 2009

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My Baba got a new job and will be moving to North Dakota soon. I will miss him very much and can’t wait until we can get there, too. Kiana says I was cranky all day today (she got home around 12:45 pm). I didn’t want Kiana to ever put me down. Mama says I was really good for her from 8 am when my two Jie-Jie left for school and 11:30 am when Ayi arrived. (Mama and Kiana are writing this webpage for me since I’m not quite old enough to write my own webpage – after all, I’m only 21 months old) It has been a while since Mama has been able to write in my webpage for me (Emma was born on 1/8 – that could be a reason).

I can now understand lots and lots of things – in three different languages

· motsu wo gomibako ni irete kudasai. (I throw away Emma’s diapers for Mama after she changes her)

· gyuunyuu hoshii? (yes, of course, I want milk ALL the time; you don’t have to ask me twice).

· shower? (it sounds a little like “shua-ya” though which means “brush teeth” in Chinese)

· in Japanese, I can identify lots of body parts: kubi, mayuge, ashi, me, mimi, hana, kuchi, atama

· in Japanese, I understand a number of animals/insects: chouchou (butterfly), tori (bird), tora (tiger)

And I can even say a few things:

· Chinese: Mama; xiexie (thank you); bai-bai (good-bye); shu (books)

· Japanese: gyuu-nyuu; motto (very useful for telling my parents and sisters and Ayi -- more milk, please!); mou (one more time as in mou ikkai); nara (for good-bye or sayounara); hon (books)

· English: Da (daddy!); shoes (Daddy and shoes are my favorite things next to milk!)