As many of you know, Josh has had a hard time getting used to the idea of moving to China. In fact for the first month after we told him of the move he would cry (or look like he was about to cry) every time someone would mention China. Now while he doesn't volunteer the information to people that we are moving (unlike Becca who tells everyone under the sun), Josh will talk about the move and China when asked. He is still a happy neutral - not excited, not sad. We have been reading many books about China. Many of them have Chinese characters in them. This prompted a discussion about learning to read Chinese. After I explained that each character was a word and there are HUNDREDS of characters, Becca quickly said that she didn't want to learn them. "I'll just learn to speak not read." However, Josh said that he WAS going to learn to read "in Chinese"! Then the other day Josh and Tori were playing with their FisherPrice Little People and I overheard this:
Tori (who was playing at the castle):"What are you doing, Josh?"
Josh: "These people are going to live at the castle, too.... they just moved here from another country."
They say that kids work things out in play, right? Whatever the case may be, it totally cracked me up to hear him! All this to say, I think that he is adjusting to the idea of the move. Thank you all for your concerns about him.
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