Back to school

Charlie's school reopened on August 15 and he returned a few days later. I take him in the car every morning and drop him off. He has no issue with me dropping him off and is happy to be met at the door by one of his teachers.

He is studying (not to sure what goes on there and suspect there may not be too much actual studying going on) 7:45-11:30am, 5 days a week. Since his return to school we can see that Charlie has become more in to dancing and he is more willing to try new foods. In fact the only aspect of Charlie's development that I am disappointed with so far is his lack of willingness to try new foods.

His Vietnamese language skills are improving very quickly, with phrases such as these.

Co Thao len lau ngu. Miss Thao has gone upstairs to sleep
Me, be len lau Mum, carry me upstairs


His English is progressing much more slowly and the best I have heard is:


Key car
Car key (he prefers to say key car)

Starting work

Last week Charlie went to the FV hospital for his monthly check up. Everything was fine and he has actually slimmed down quite a bit as he was sick earlier in the month. I am happier with his weight now than I was before as he was getting a bit porky.

Charlie's language ability is expanding daily. His Vietnamese is doing just fine and he is beginning to string 2 words together quite often.

I have decided that even though I have been spending time speaking to Charlie, I haven't really been teaching him enough nouns so this week started teaching him a few. He is picking them up quickly, but his pronunciation still needs working on.

Charlie is rapidly developing the goods looks of his father and we have decided to capitalise on this by renting him out for photo shoots so he can start paying us back for all the money he has cost us over the last couple of years.