Joshua has enjoyed visiting his family and his parents' friends in the Bay Area. Being in New England, I worry that Joshua won't develop deep bonds with his grandparents, and I was pleasantly surprised to see how much he enjoys being with yeh-yeh and ah-ma. He likes playing with them and even tries to trick them when he needs a diaper change.
Joshua also got to play with Maki and Hannah, his good friends and daughters of Linda and Stefan. Joshua also had fun with Jackson and Olivia, children of Bob and Sarah. When Joshua is around these kids, he seems like a normal happy boy. Sometimes in the isolation of Boston, it seems like he's so different from the kids I see at work--mainly because they speak Chinese and have different values (parents not engaged in their children's development).
Today at Zachary's red egg party, he surprised yeh-yeh by saying that he wanted a "regular chair!" and not a high chair. Who taught him regular? I don't know.
He's really been into saying that he's "scared" or "sad." Sample monologue Joshua says: "Lamb is sad. Lamb needs a doctor! Oh Gosh! Lamb needs a shot!" We're hoping he doesn't get into a habit of saying he's scared or sad just to get attention. We want to give him positive reinforcement when he says he's happy!
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