Heritage Trip To China

LiLi Visits China

After nine years we decided it was time for LiLi to return to China. Tomorrow we leave for Hong Kong. We are staying in the same hotel that we stayed 9 years ago the day we flew to China to be united with LiLi. 

Our exchange student from last year,  Yan Li, is meeting us and will travel will us for two weeks as we visit Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Kunming, Lijang and Beijing. We will get our first real taste of LiLi's homeland as tourists as we see The Great Wall, The Forbidden City, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, The Stone Forest and more. 

We have a long flight to Hong Kong through Seattle but we are stocking up with books, devices and snacks. 

Next stop Kowloon!!

LiLi Starts A New School

LiLi transferred from her Montessori school to an IB magnet school call Sanderlin on Monday. On her first day she told us she was nervous. There were so many children. She went from a class of six to a class of eighteen . But the teacher was great. She had a seat waiting for LiLi and had her name in several places in the room.

We waited anxiously that day to see how it went. When she came home she was so excited. She had gotten several excellents and was taken to the principal to be given special recognition.

Yesterday a really smart boy that she like wrote a welcome to Sanderlin IB World School card, with smiling clouds, gardens and more. Since LiLi can't really write sentences she wrote him a song ( words and musics ) and sang it to him.

I think we made the right choice.

Learning To Read

This week LiLi started to read. Her first sentence was "Dot has a hat." We have a I-Phone app called Montessori crossword. She sounds out and completes all the three letter words like lid, jog, pen and tip. She has made an amazing jump and we are so proud of her. She is very proud of herself as well.

Its October in Florida and the weather is fair, electric bills are down we have a beautiful daughter. "Help me" she said yesterday "I'm just a little girl."
Life is good

Little Changes

Last night we watched the Wizards of Waverly Place. At the end there a scene betwee the brother and sister . She told here brother I would never hurt you . You are every I always wanted to be.

We looked at LiLi and she was crying. We thought about it and this was a first. She has never cried watching a movie or television show . When ever she saw one of us tearing u p she would ask "Why are you crying." I guess she never felt it before.

Little steps, then great leaps, always just before your eyes.

The Proverb of The Red Thread

The Great Wall of China

Proverb of the Red Thread: An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but will never break.

The Wisdom of LiLi

At the Thanksgiving feast LiLi asked everyone "what is beyond the Universe " No one had an answer. Then she came up with one "Maybe it's the future!"

LiLi Talk

LiLi heard us talk about using oil and on the salad at dinner. We eat Oil ? Yes I said but there are different kinds of oil . Th i is olive oil there is vegetable oil , peanut oil and and other types of oil that you can't.

She said what kind is that ?
I explained about using different types of oil in your car.
She said oh yeah like gas
Yes I said

She said the earth is made of gas and fire

Wow I said that is very smart?
Do you know where the Earth is? ( Thinking she didn't really know what the Earth was )
Between Venus and Mars she said

For this I had to think .. this is right ..of course .
I started to tell her about the different planets. Then she started to tell me about gas storms on the gas planets.

Yes indeed she is the master of learning