Pulling My Leg?

Sorry it's has been a while since I've updated this blog. Almost 6 months has passed since bringing Gracie home with us and through all of the adjustments in our family routine and the changes she has experienced we have found this whole experience to be more wonderful than we could have expected. Our daily routines bring opportunities for special moments, especially when it comes to learning the English language.

Gracie, like all children her age, is like a little information sponge. I'm amazed at how quickly she has learned to communicate with us using English words and small phrases, and when words fail she has learned to use expressions and gestures to get her point across. One of the funny things she does as a 2 1/2 year old is using the universal selective listening ploy. It's obvious she understands more than she lets on and every once in a while she gives us the old "don't you know I speak Chinese" look as she ignores our requests.

But she occasionally gives herself away like the other evening. We were sitting in the living room and Gracie was being silly and trying to trick us into thinking she couldn't do something we knew she could do so I said "I know what you're doing, you're pulling Baba's leg!" She looked at me and smiled, then walked over and grabbed my leg and started pulling on it laughing heartily as she did.

Now we know who's really pulling who's leg!