Funny and Memorable Moments at SFCV

As we walk into each house, we hear the children screaming out to the Aiyi (nannies) - “老外來了! 老外來了!" (The foreigners are here! The foreigners are here!)

Jacob Jai: 姐姐，你有沒有糖？ (Jia Jia, do you have any candies?)

Mary: 對不起, 我沒有糖. (Sorry, I don’t have any.)

Jacob Jai: 你手袋有沒有糖? (Do you have any candies in your bag?)

Mary: 沒有! (Nope!)

Jacob Jai: 你明天可以能帶糖來吗? (Can you bring some candies tomorrow?)

Mary: 可以! (ok!)

Jacob Jai: 你能給我兩個糖吗？ (Can you give me two pieces of candy?)

Mary: 為什麼兩個？ (Why two?)

Jacob Jai: 我早上吃一個, 下午吃另一個. (I’ll eat one in the morning then another one in the afternoon.)

* That Jacob Jai is one smart kid!

JACOB JAI

Henry: 你會唱abc歌吗？ (Do you know how to sing the “abc” song?)

Mary: ♫abcdefg, hijklmno, pqstuz, wxyz…♫

Henry: no no no! 你不會唱! (You don’t know how to sing it!)

Henry turns to Jose: 你會唱abc歌吗？ (Do you know how to sing the “abc” song?)

Jose: ♫abcdefg, hijklmno, pqstuz, wxyz…♫

Henry: no no no! 你不會唱! (You don’t know how to sing it!)

Henry goes back to Mary: 你會唱 “耶穌愛我”? (Do you know how to sing “Jesus loves me”?)

Mary: ♫Jesus loves me this I know…♫

Henry: 你不會唱! (You don’t know how to sing it!)

Henry runs back to Jose: 你會唱 “耶穌愛我”? (Do you know how to sing “Jesus loves me”?)

Jose: ♫Jesus loves me this I know…♫

Henry: no no no! 你不會唱! (You don’t know how to sing it!)

Henry goes back to Mary…he asked about another song… This went on for 30 minutes. 30 joyous minutes!

HENRY

The older children reading a Chinese poem about “winter (冬天)” while the rest of us desperately try to follow them.