Today at our neighborhood pool, I met the nicest family. All three of the children were visiting our pool to take swim lessons from one of our lifeguards. After the lesson, the mom was letting her children swim for a bit. Every time the mom would speak to her children in Chinese, Anslee would look up and watch her.

We started talking and I found out that she is from North West China near Russia. She's lived here for about 12 years and speaks excellent english. She said her Chinese church offers Chinese language classes and gave me the name of her church and location which is really close by. We also exchanged phone numbers so we can get together some.

She talked to Anslee some in Chinese but Anslee didn't like it. She ran away. I know when Keith and I say her name in Chinese (Fu Bao He) that it doesn't sound like it did from the nannies. We say it "Foo Bow Huh". When the mom said it she said it more like "Feeew Baaow huuuah" and the first part of huu is said in a lower tone and then ah goes up . Anslee seemed like she didn't remember her name ever being said that way.

I'm excited about the prospect of getting Andrew in these classes since they are so much closer to home than where we've been looking. The classes start at kindergarten age so Anslee will have to wait a little while to start taking them.

Terri