Max, Antoine, Adam, Exie, Nola, & Jonas. Perfect; just like that. Everybody hold still and keep smiling at the camera. Excellent. Thanks very much for your cooperation.
Playgroup Super Awesome has added yet another member, so now the total is six. The new addition is Adam (who has the best laugh in the world) and his mom Diana. Susan met them quite a while ago at Day One. More recently, they’ve had a few playdates and seem to get along famously, mostly ’cause Diana & Adam are fun peeps, but I’m sure shared Taiwanese heritage doesn’t hurt.
Diana, Adam, & Ted
We had our first family/family outing with the Fongs back in August, sharing a dim sum meal in Mountain View, topped off with a trip to a boba shop (I still can’t quite embrace the feeling of those little tapioca balls flying through the straw and interrupting my flow, but I was definitely the odd one out in this case).
An extra benefit of Diana & Adam joining the plagroup is that Exie will hear more Chinese; Diana & Ted speak as much Mandarin to Adam at home as English, so he’s a lucky kid – he’ll be completely bilingual. Actually, he’ll probably be more than bilingual since he also gets some Cantonese and Taiwanese thrown into the deal. Some of the other playgroup kids will also be bilingual: Max (whose father Jacques speaks to him mostly in French) and Antoine (Aude & Osman both speak French to him at home). It’d be great if Exie ended up bilingual, too, but unfortunately our Chinese isn’t really good enough to accomplish that, so we’ll have to figure out how to augment it somehow. Maybe we’ll just drop her off at Adam’s house for a few months.
But I digress… back to the main point of the post: a big warm welcome to the Fongs! Thanks for joining Playgroup Super Awesome!
playgroup + 1 (again)
Max, Antoine, Adam, Exie, Nola, & Jonas. Perfect; just like that. Everybody hold still and keep smiling at the camera. Excellent. Thanks very much for your cooperation.
Playgroup Super Awesome has added yet another member, so now the total is six. The new addition is Adam (who has the best laugh in the world) and his mom Diana. Susan met them quite a while ago at Day One. More recently, they’ve had a few playdates and seem to get along famously, mostly ’cause Diana & Adam are fun peeps, but I’m sure shared Taiwanese heritage doesn’t hurt.
Diana, Adam, & Ted
We had our first family/family outing with the Fongs back in August, sharing a dim sum meal in Mountain View, topped off with a trip to a boba shop (I still can’t quite embrace the feeling of those little tapioca balls flying through the straw and interrupting my flow, but I was definitely the odd one out in this case).
An extra benefit of Diana & Adam joining the plagroup is that Exie will hear more Chinese; Diana & Ted speak as much Mandarin to Adam at home as English, so he’s a lucky kid – he’ll be completely bilingual. Actually, he’ll probably be more than bilingual since he also gets some Cantonese and Taiwanese thrown into the deal. Some of the other playgroup kids will also be bilingual: Max (whose father Jacques speaks to him mostly in French) and Antoine (Aude & Osman both speak French to him at home). It’d be great if Exie ended up bilingual, too, but unfortunately our Chinese isn’t really good enough to accomplish that, so we’ll have to figure out how to augment it somehow. Maybe we’ll just drop her off at Adam’s house for a few months.
But I digress… back to the main point of the post: a big warm welcome to the Fongs! Thanks for joining Playgroup Super Awesome!