Charlotte is talking up a storm these days- in English, Chinese, and sometimes even French!
It often seems like everytime she opens her mouth, something unbearably cute and/or hilarious tumbles out. Here are a few of my most recent favourites:
1.Her current favourite expression: “No waaaaaaay!”
2. I’m single-parenting again this week while J. spends an extra few days in Japan. Which means that I’ve had a few not-so-fun moments with Charlotte that have left me whining, “I can’t do this!” Every time, Charlotte responds by looking me in the eye, tilting her head, and cooing softly, “Just try your best, mama.”
3. Charlotte may be a budding Buddhist with a strong belief in reincarnation: this morning, she told me that when she’s a little baby again, she’ll get to breastfeed again. And the other day, she told me that one day when I’m a boy, I’ll have a penis.
4. On the train back from the airport last weekend, an elderly Chinese couple sat down next to Charlotte and me, and struck up a conversation with Charlotte. They were chatting about the usual two year-old topics, like her age and how cute she is. At one point, Charlotte turned to me and whispered, “mama, I need to make poo-poos.” And then she turned to the elderly couple, and pronounced loud and clear in Chinese for the whole train to hear, “我要拉屎!” That’s Chinese for “I need to drop a big log” 
5. Whenever anyone compliments her on her gorgeous blonde hair, she replies, “thank you, my mama made it.”
Charlotte, in a rare quiet moment, thinking up something else crazy to say
Love the way kids tell it like it is – she sounds like a real character. And love the way she encouraged you to keep at it – my son is like this with me sometimes and makes me realise we’re a real team helping each other out
Yup, she’s definitely a real character. And I love those moments when we feel like a team too, happy to hear that your son does the same.
Hahaha! Love number 4. Ahhh you just made my day
Thanks, it was pretty freakin’ hilarious
I love it! I can’t bear to correct some of our Mason-isms. He calls an umbrella and dumbrella, he calls McDonalds–Old McDonalds and he still calls all trains, choo choos. If he doesn’t like a food, he say, I can’t like this. So fun! He is VERY jealous of our neighbor who started kindergarten and gets to ride the bus. He told me that when he’s 5, Elly will be 3 and he will get to ride the school bus and she won’t
Mason is too funny! Love the dumbrella
Aw, I love the penis comment haha; literally just laughed out loud with that one. Charlotte is so cute! She really is growing up so much!
It’s crazy how fast she’s growing, already talking about penises!