Lili is now four .. She goes to the Montessori school here on St. Pete Beach. I guess it's good for her.. After one week she announced "The Earth revolves around the Sun"!!! I didn't know she knew what the Earth or the Sun were .. never mind how they revolved. She has been in more school events that I realized there were for three years olds. In December .. just after her forth birthday, she appeared in a a Christmas pagent . ..and in the end she danced on stage.. It was televised on the web.. We couldn't have been more proud..

And so it goes .. LiLi starts school, turns four .. makes many new friends and learns about the world . Our Spanish teacher is Luis .. On the televison she heard Spanish and sad" that's Luis talk ..like Mexico " She loves going to the movies..riding her bike .. she says .. "we're Obamas " and is learning about manners.. she says " Thank you for your present"

We spent Christmas with Luis .. speaking a little Spanish and going to the beach

Life is good

Happy Holdays

John, Pam and Lili

LiLi in Search of A School

I guess all parents think their child is really smart.. Today Pam told LiLi it was too hot to ride her bicycle outside . She said " we could tie an umbrella to the bicycle to cover me ". LiLi the inventor .. she already tells me that I can't flush the wipes and all other sorts of things that it takes a mother or a wife normally to lecture me on ..So we think it's time to find some formal structure to her education .. There seems to be so many schools to choose from all of them hard to get in.. Right now we are leaning towards a Montesorri school near our house.

Time will tell if this is a good decision .. anyway here's our genius

An Old Soul

In the Hindu religion an "old soul" is someone who has been reincarnated many times and has a wisdom beyond their years. There must have been Hindus in Yunnan Province because LiLi is definitely an old soul. She sees things beyond her years. ..Pam's cousin, David, is getting married and LiLi is going to be a flower girl. Today a package arrived from Pam's mom.. LiLi looked at it and said " It must be earrings for the wedding" And you know what ? It was ...How did she know to even think that at 3 years and four months.

Later she started playing with the computer and said she was going to find her favorite song...not really possible . She did however bring up a program with music on it . She said "Mommy, Daddy you dance" We did a little and then we said "Do you want to dance, Lili? "No, you two go ahead" Was that a three year old talking?

One day at the office she looked at a picture of Cesar Chavez on the wall and said "that man is from Mexico"...an old soul.

Someone asked if she was from China..she said " I'm a little bit from China but mostly I'm from here"..an old soul.

Pam had a migrane ..LiLi said 'let me kiss your head and make it feel better" an old soul

We were playing a game thowing the ball to each other on the floor and counting ... One, two, three..then uno, dos, tres (LiLi can count to eleven in Spanish) then LiLi switched to what she said was Chinese to count ..She had the tones down perfectly.

If she wants to stand on a chair or use a pair of blunt scissors..before you say anything she says "I be careful"

The thing that impressed me most was the other day I came home... down, feeling sorry for myself and muttered aloud "no one loves me". LiLi was playing right next to me ..without even looking up she said "I love you BaBa".

You could have knocked me over with a feather...an old soul