Colt came home from local kindergarten today and said, "Guess what?!  A kid bumped into me and said 'sorry,' so I said 'meiguanxi (that's ok)!' He is so proud when he uses Chinese correctly!  I am so proud too!

Note: This is way better than the other day when we asked him if he learned anything at his school.  His answer to that was, "I learn the SAME thing everyday, BLAH BLAH BLAH."  hahaha.

Colt was telling us that during lunch at school another little boy in his class threw up in his rice bowl. And then he sweetly said, "and Mom, I'm pretty much worried about him. . ."  Awwww.

I figured out why Colt likes the local school SO much that he wants to go even on the weekends and holidays - - He has 3 lovely Chinese teachers who always greet him with kisses and hugs, tell him how much they LOVE his hair and his eyes, and tell him how "beautiful" he is.  Oh my.  He is going to get the big head for sure!

I was talking to Colt about taking a trip to Washington DC where we would see the White House where the President lives. . . He was trying to figure out "president" when he is used to stories with words like "kings" and "rulers" and things like that. So he said, "Mom, does the PRESIDENT give you PRESENTS?" Not so much. --------------------------------------------------------------------- I was laying with Colt the other night talking about moving and how quickly he would make friends and learn the new language. I told him that by the time he turned six, he would probably be able to speak pretty well!! Colt threw his hands up and starting laughing!! He said, "Good one Mom! That's a good joke! hahahaha." Um, I was serious :)

Colt's prayer tonight: "Thank you God for hot lava, and storms that knock down trees so raccoons can live there."

While fishing tonight, Colt cautioned his cousin Sarah "not to YACK the line or she would lose the fish." I said, "I think you mean YANK not YACK." Colt said, "Sarah, don't YANK it either."

Colt had a little cough last week and we always encourage "coughing in his elbow" to prevent the spread of germs. He really wanted to go swimming, but he suddenly was terribly concerned. He said, "Mommy! I can't go swimming because I will DROWN in the deep end if I have to cough in my elbow and can't use my arms!" Oh Colt. . . he is such a strict rule follower :)