Inches turn into milestones

I am always thrilled when I see all the little ways in which my boys are growing up. Today Nathan was watching Richard get ready for work when he decided that he wanted to wear a tie like daddy. Richard tried to talk him out of it but soon relented. Nathan ended up wearing that tie all day and even had it on when he fell asleep for his nap.

For Joshua the moment came when he asked for more food and it came out as a complete sentence, "I want rice." He has been doing this for a while but I still get a kick out of it because I don't always understand what he is saying. For example his "I want rice" actually sounded like "I wa wy" but I knew what he was saying.

Another Nathan story, I was correcting some student work tonight when Nathan came up to ask me what I was doing. I explained and he then decided that he wanted to my students' new teacher. He is going to teach them how to twirl a hula-hoop on their arms just like his teacher, Mr. Gan, taught him. It is fun to see Nathan wanting to emulate his parents so much.