Two China Dolls and a Prince: A Picture-Populated Post!

I was thinking of the secretary in the movie Mr. Popper's Penguins , the one who starts almost all her words with the letter "P". We are counting down to the Christmas program on the 20th. For those who haven't read my earlier posts, NingNing's got a Xmas concert coming up. He doesn't/didn't want to do it when he found it and got very mad/afraid/upset. He "disappeared" inside himself for a few days, but has made a comeback :). I had to bring it up again Friday to let him know we had to buy dress clothes for him, whether he chooses to sit with us in the audience or participate. In any case, he will look good doing it, as we got shoes, pants, and a shirt (the nice shirt was his request, so maybe, just maybe there is hope ;).
The last few days he has been making a huge effort to communicate more with us, trying to actually tell us something or join in conversation with some carefully placed phrases, timed in such a way as to crack everybody up. He has said "I don't like it",
"I don't know" (with a shrug and wide-eyed innocent look), "crazy" (referring to Dad and little sisters), "Mom", and "Ewwwww" (in reference to seeing his brother kiss his girlfriend, lol!). We caught him out twice today also much to his amusement. We were talking about something in Taco Bell, and he had the "I don't understand" look on his face....I said "he knows what we're saying"....and he chuckled and nodded. Then tonight, Jr says "Do you understand English?" to which NingNing says "No!" (see it yet?). Jr says "If you don't understand English, how did you know to say NO?!"......NingNing grinning, dropping and shaking his head...he walked right into that one! Too funny.......but we know he can understand A LOT now, so if we need to talk about something to do with him, we have to leave the room so he can't hear us!

Two of my special girls

My littlest special girl (who is an electronic whiz)

Teenage boys....need I say more?

NingNing loves our cat, Tux. Here, he is trying to get Tux out from under the table!

Opening his first Christmas present (while keeping tabs on his computer game). My aunt sends Christmas ornaments every year and the kids always love them. NingNing was no exception. When he opened his to find a jumbo jet, he got the point right away and laughed and laughed. She wrote him a beautiful note, welcoming him to the family, which I read to him.