Almost human
The thing about kids is they mature faster than our adult memory can keep up with.
A couple of recent examples.
At Hong Kong disneyland, Aidan is looking at toys when I ask him if he likes a particular one. He doesn’t answer “yes or no” but rather if he can have that toy. And he notes the price. If I say “yes”, he will then use that toy’s price (in this case 35 HK) as a baseline to buy the toy he really wants. He’s been doing this for about a year now.
The other day Yang was walking Aidan and Lydia to Lido square. Lydia asked Yang to buy her something. Lydia said if Yang did, then Lydia would buy her things when Yang was older and needed someone to buy her things. And when Lydia would be old enough to make her own money? 16, Lydia said definitively. Aidan was listening intently and said, “but if you are not nice to us then we will send you to your own home”. Yang looked a bit perplexed and asked “really?”. And Aidan thought a moment and said maybe he might be more like his other parent. That instead of being like mom, he might be more like baba and call his mom every day. So what was going on here is sometimes Yang and her mom, who are actually really really close, needs some time in their separate homes. And what must seem like daily calls is actually my weekend call to my parents.
And don’t get me started on Elisa, she’s the smartest of all.