Friday, April 25, 2008

What she said...

















twinkle (American flag outside daycare has stars on it)

tang (means "hot" in Chinese; car seat arm is warm)

water (in sports container wedged between the two car seats)

twinkle (star stickers pasted to tricycle)

ding (bell on tricycle)

hua (means "flower" in Chinese; seedpods hanging from maple tree)

no (time to go inside for dinner)

ding-dong (doorbell)

ping-guo (means "apple" in Chinese; a Zingo game piece has a picture of an apple of it)

twinkle (a sheet of star stickers on the table)

tang (lima beans are warm)

dou-dou (means "beans" in Chinese)

water, ge-ge (Brother spilled soup on his pants)

la (food is spicy)

maiyi (means "ant" in Chinese)

no (I don't want any sweet potato)

Mama

no, no, no, no. no! (finger in nostril)

water (daddy, give me your water glass)

hua (Mom has flower designs on her dress)

mei-le (means "none" in Chinese; lima beans are gone)

down (wants to sit on one of the big people chairs)

mei-le (no soup left in Ge-ge's bowl)

hua (means "draw" in Chinese; wants me to give her a pen)

whoa (throws pen and paper on floor)


2 Comments:

At 5:51 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

This reads like collaborative poetry between you and Heidi.

 
At 12:53 PM , Blogger Rob said...

Hee -- you're right. Little does she know she had her first publication. :)

 

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