A couple days ago when we were playing with play doh we were making animals and Ella was putting each one on a circle on the placemats we were using and calling it our "zoo." I just kept cranking out the animals and giving them to her until I noticed the zoo was getting smaller not larger. I asked her what she was doing and she explained that she was squishing all of the animals now to make dumplings. I had never heard her talk about dumplings before but I asked some questions and eventually found out that she learned how to make them from "Yeh-Yeh" (the grandpa) one of her favorite shows "NiHao Kai Lan." We talked about how Aunt Ping is from China just like Kai Lan and she agreed that Ping makes very good dumplings too. We spent about 30 minutes having our "dumpling party" with her play doh creations. That girl cracks me up!
That puppet is so cute!!
ReplyDeleteNew bead place? I want to play!
ReplyDeleteAnd that bear? Awesome!
The bear is from a Martha Stewart project pack from Michaels. I got it for free but I think I'll stock up on her projects when they go on sale :-)
ReplyDeleteYou are an awesome mommy! I love the crafts you do with Ella!
ReplyDeleteAfter you mentioned Kai-lan in another post, I started DVRing it and Z watches it from time to time (when he is not wanting to watch Diego - which is ALL he ever wants to watch). He's already picked up on a few of the Chinese words! So, thank you!!!!!
Cute crafts!
ReplyDeleteBTW, don't expect Ella's Yeh-Yeh (Daddy's Father) to make dumplings.
Some women friends were talking about the things their husbands cooked. I said "My husband makes.... reservations!"
Ni-Ni (Chinese for Daddy's Mom)
Hehe, Nancy's comment makes me giggle. Love the crafts! I really need to get the crafty stuff out. It's about darn time!
ReplyDelete