Monday morning, Nai Nai helped JJ wake up about 8 a.m.
JJ has very nice manners. We had a talk about how Pikachu would not change.
Some of the other things we did were:
- see in the "bee tree" leaning about bees
- patience while fishing
- bug bites
- in America, eating small pieces
- it is wet grass in the morning in the mountains
Daddy and I picked you Cassidy up at the checkpoint in Palmer where Daddy had transferred you to Ye Ye last Sunday. It was a long ride home. I am sure it was a long ride back for you. At one point, Daddy asked me to look back at you because you were intensely quiet. You seemed okay. Then 5 minutes later, we checked again and you were crying.
You were sad to be leaving Ye Ye and Nai Nai. Not to mention that Mama and Daddy don't talk much after they come back from a relaxing vacation or after a stressful work day. Anyway, it must have been difficult to leave behind a whole week of child centric activity and two people who were all about you and nothing about you. It was a fast transition for you into the real, normal world where things move faster than do in The Mountains.
I asked you what was wrong and at first you didn't want to tell me. But I know. You were probably thinking "I can't believe I have to leave the two people in the world who do nothing but do things for me, to go far away with two other people who don't pay much attention to me." First, welcome to Life. Second, I reached out and patted your leg and told him that you can always tell Mama and Daddy anything - why you are mad, sad, tired, afraid. and that you would never ever get into trouble for telling us. And so, you said, you didn't want to leave Ye Ye and Nai Nai. And then you cried and cried, but gulping sobs and the tears came down in big big drops.
And Mama and Daddy realized that well... we kinda do have to talk to you! LOL. So we did and things got better and you cheered up and you talked and talked the whole way home. Sigh...
At one point, you asked why Ye Ye and Nai Nai lived so far away. We said because we live near our work and Ye Ye and Nai Nai live near their work. You didn't really iunderstand and if you had had enough English, I am sure there would have been a lot of other questions about that but thankfully, you have to wait until you can speak enough English to ask complicated questions.
At home, you showed us all the things you bought (actually that Ye Ye and Nai Nai bought you along with the gifts from people) and gave us our presents. I really liked my bracelet. It was very very beautiful. And yes, you definitely have an eye for beautiful things.
We were worried about you wetting the bed from separation from Ye Ye and Nai Nai. But we talked to them on SKYPE and you peed before bed and on Tuesday, there was a dry bed with nary a pee in sight! Yahoo. I think we have the formula. Finally!
And that was about it. You missed Ye Ye and Nai Nai for a few days and you talked about The Moutains a lot. We said you might see them soon and we left it at that.
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