Madison with Jim, Great-Grandpa Levitt, and Uncle Mark, 2007.
Christmas 2006.
Today Madison put on my backpack and told me she was "going to school". Then she tried to go out the front door before I stopped her!
Madison learned how to make potstickers (dumplings) the way our friends Gaofeng and Minya taught us to do it. It was a lot of fun, she got to wet the edge of the potsticker wrap and then Jennifer would seal it up. They did really good too, not one of them busted open when we cooked them (granted, they were not as full as Gaofeng can make them).
Then, because Jim was using chopsticks, Madison insisted on her having them too. She understood how she was supposed to use them even if it took two hands at times. She liked the potstickers and ate several of them.
Okay it isn't much of a "pet" but a cricket is a good place to start! He didn't last very long between Madison squishing him up (I mean picking him up) to put in the jar and all. She loved walking around with him and looking at him in there (and shaking the jar too!). He was quietly laid to rest when she wasn't looking after a couple days. I spotted a little tree frog the other day in the back yard but Madison was napping so I didn't catch him. Maybe if we see him again she will get her second pet.
