The following is a recording of one of the lessons on EuroTalk: Chinese (Mandarin) Talk Now CD ROM that I promised I would post.  As I’ve said before, my Chinese is crap and I couldn’t tell if the pronunciation is right if it fell out of a tree and smacked me on the head.  Any [...]

When hubby and I first discussed schooling for Gavin, we wanted to send him to a Chinese school.  This was primarily because we wanted him to learn how to read and write Chinese – something neither of us can do.  Well, hubby can read some words (mostly food-oriented) and I can’t even understand it being [...]

Looks like you can teach an old dog new tricks… My Dad has just discovered “Skype” and the ability to conduct video calls with his grandchildren.  Until recently, my parents only saw Gavin whenever they visited us (usually about twice a year) or when we visited them (usually once a year).  With the children so [...]

Despite listening to the “sounds” made by babies from The Secret Language of Babies, I’m afraid that I am no closer to understanding Gareth.  We’re still operating on the elimination process for identifying his needs.  To be quite honest, I’m not entirely sure if Gareth is even attempting to communicate with me using the Secret [...]