Comments on: Old MacDonald, Chinese Style

By: Daddy Forever

Daddy Forever — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 06:34:55 +0000

Latia, what are you using on your laptop? Windows XP and IE? Dial-up, dsl, cable, fios? Just want to see if I need to replace the video plugin.

By: Latia

Latia — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 03:38:37 +0000

Yay! Except for I couldn't see the video…for some reason it isn't loading onto my laptop..but anywhoo…Keep this video forever-you'll need it to embarrass her on dates and at parties.

By: kelley

kelley — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 21:51:21 +0000

A third language? I am impressed! At this rate, the colleges will be paying you!

By: Leslie

Leslie — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:54:35 +0000

Very sweet! They're adorable.

By: simcooks

simcooks — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 16:14:50 +0000

I took Chinese as a second language in school but I only understood the yee-ah-yee-ah-oh part in the video :p

I am supposed to teach my future kid Chinese too, so if you come across any interesting educational DVD's, do let me know!

By: 1girl2boys

1girl2boys — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 15:41:15 +0000

The one in red, huh? Very cute.

By: Desert Songbird

Desert Songbird — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 14:08:38 +0000

The kids are all adorable.

When my parents immigrated to the US, they decided that they would become American, so they didn't speak Dutch at home to us kids, and, therefore, I never learned it. My older sisters who were born either in The Netherlands or in Indonesia all spoke Dutch, but I was born here. My parents would speak Dutch to each other, especially when they didn't want me to understand, but most of the time only English was spoken in our home.

Eventually I learned to understand the Dutch when it was spoken, but only enough to get by. I learned to speak key phrases, too. Two of my sisters still speak it fluently.

It makes me sad that I didn't do enough to learn it while my parents were alive (I'm teaching myself as much as I can and passing it on to my kids), but I know my parents had very strong feelings about becoming fully "American." They really wanted their kids to succeed in life.

I commend you for trying to keep your culture alive. Maybe some day Princess M and her siblings will understand (and teach you a thing or two!)

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 13:30:49 +0000

My wife and I adopted our daughter from China in 2002 when she was 8 months old. She will be 5 in February.

We also enrolled her in a Chinese language class. She gets all bashful during class so I really don't know how long we'll continue. We wanted to create a basic foundation for her AND us as we prepare for a second trip to China hopefully next year for daughter #2.

Old MacDonald was cute! :-)