Imitating a Crab

 My new nanny (*) taught me how to walk like a crab a few months ago.  She found out about my love for sea creatures and taught me this new trick.

Here I am imitating a crab.   Take note of my fingers…I know how to make them look like pinchers!

* My old nanny left on 6/30/2011 after taking care of me for two years.  She told Mommy she plans to return to China.  By pure luck, Mommy was able to find me a better new nanny.  My new nanny’s name is Gina.  Not only is she really wonderful and takes incredibly good care of me, she’s also Taiwanese!  Thanks to Gina, my Mandarin has improved significantly.  She is also a great actor, storyteller, and playmate.   Most importantly, GongGong and PoPo approve of Gina which is much more than I can say about my previous nanny!

My 2nd Facepainting

So a few weeks ago, Mommy & Daddy took me to Silver Diner to try out their Tuesday Family Fun night.  It happened to be the week before Halloween, so they had a face painter there.  Mr. Knick Knack who regularly plays at the Tysons Corner playgrounds was also there.  Mommy & Daddy didn’t really let me know that there was facepainting, but I took one look at the other kids there and I realized that there was facepainting, so I asked in Mandarin, “Can I get my face painted?”  Mommy & Daddy were stunned at my observation and took me to the facepainter.

Like all facepainters, there was a book of paintings from which I made a selection.  Mommy kept trying to get me to pick a tiger or something which involves less paint, but I saw the face-all-red Spiderman and I knew that was it!  I was good and sat through the entire painting again.

Here I am checking myself out using the new iPhone:

No more than 5 minutes after this video was taken, I really smeared my fingers all over my still-wet face, so I really messed up my Spiderman.  Daddy had no choice but to take me to the bathroom to wash all of it off.

So long, Spiderman!

By the way, this is the first time that I finished a kid’s meal by myself.  My dinner was a veggie slider burger, strawberries, and chocolate milk!