Mason--Day 6

After a breakfast we decided to walk back to the park we had gone to a few days ago. The park was much busier than last time since it's Saturday today which means most of the kids were not in school. We thought it would be a good idea to let Mason walk around to burn off some energy.

Once we let him out of his carrier, he had a mind of his own--telling us when to stop and when to go with the tug of his hand. We knew it was trouble when he saw a parked car at the park. He is fascinated with cars, trucks and vans. He walked right over to the car and wanted to get in! There was no talking him out of it--thus the tantrum came on big time. Remember what I said about the park being extra busy? Well, we had all kinds of eyes staring at us, wondering why 2 white folks were making a Chinese toddler cry his head off and flail his arms & legs. Thank goodness we had packed some Cheerios. They worked as a mighty distraction so we could quickly leave the park and get back to the hotel!

We had a few other chances today to capture Mason's 2 year-old strong-will personality. Check this out:

The head-shake is not the only communication we've seen/heard from Mason. He's jabbering in his toddler Chinese language more and more each day. He has started imitating a few English words at times, such as apple, Daddy, Momma, ball. He's a little sponge, soaking it all up.

It's quite a journey we've been on. We wouldn't change a thing even if we could.