hectic good times..............

home from a night class of tae kwan do for john. he did well and is learning new stuff. i couldn't get dani to budge out of the place, she is engrossed in this new experience, and in the way that we communicate these days, a mixture of words, and hand gestures, she indicates that one has to be five to participate in tae kwan do, (because that is what i have told her), and that she, dani, is five, and wants to do tae kwan do. (big smile on her face!) she is quick to chastise me when i do not bow before walking out the door and is disciplined to do so herself.
dani is starting to volunteer words in chinese for us to learn. as usual, some of the words seem to be dubious, but the growing trend is a dual communication system.
we have had four days with zero button pushing from dani directed towards myself, and this time has been verrrrrry nice. i think alot of that again is increased understanding of what we both want.
this child can talk and talk............and talk some more. i can see a glimpse of the coming future of non-stop question asking. her new one this past several days is "what are you doing?"
trouble-shooting happenings are the "potty problem". dani seems to have issue on making it to the toilet, today, went well, but a late night BIG SPLASH just occured with a major clean-up session. i've explored the emotional and physical components and the big changes that dani has had in her life. any insight from moms out there in the same boat, would love to hear from you. i just put a night light in the bathroom, hope that helps for the night OOPS, and still working on the day-times.
this mom is tuckered out, so to all, a goodnight!