Aidan was bored today and wanted to change his clothes so I let him wear a summer outfit, which he loved, but I told him that he could only wear it when the snow was all gone. Here he is sporting the outfit and posing with his brother's 1,000th point ball, which is autographed by all of the previous 1000 point scorers at our high school. To Aidan it is just another basketball.
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Yesterday was beautiful, so Aidan and I went outside to fertilize the blueberries, grape vines, and assorted other things. Here he is with his new rake: This week I was speaking with one of my students, a girl who moved here with her parents from China when she was ten years old. I was telling her that Aidan never responded to his Chinese name when I called him by it, even though I tried multiple variations. She said that Chinese parents call their children by the last syllable of their name, repeated twice. So Peng Yan Shen was Shen Shen. My translator did tell me, when I asked on our third or fourth day, that she heard the orphanage staff calling him this, but I think that by then he was already used to answering to honey so at that point he didn't respond to Shen Shen, either. I do wish I had known this before meeting him, though, so I'm posting it here for anyone else getting ready to adopt. Here are some things that Aidan has learned lately: Yesterday I registered Aidan for tball which is so exciting! He loves all sports, plays left-handed, is literally at least a head taller than other kids his age, and I think he is really desperate for sports. Can't wait for the season to begin. |