It has been a long long time...

Hello, everybody, it has been a long long time since we last saw each other, right here, on the Blogspot. The Orton family (Jonathan, Jenny and Kai) didn't mean to do that, but we couldn't help - Either Blogspot or Facebook "happened" not to function in China. But you know for sure, we have been missing you a lot. You see, as soon as we've got a chance, we tried to catch up.

From the photo below you may notice how much Kai has changed since April, when I last updated Kai's blog.



Kai hasn't only got the appearance of a proper young boy, he's also got the attitude.

Below is an extract from our 2009 Report to the family in the UK.

"Kai began walking unaided just before his first birthday and quickly found that was far too slow so moved on to running. He is very active and insists on going out and about every day.

Since August Kai has been attending a local nursery for 2 hours per day, 5 days a week, which he enjoys very much. We think he will start full-time from next summer.

The swimming pool of our estate is open from spring to autumn and Kai enjoyed splashing and wading around in the children's pool. He's not yet ready to learn to swim but hopefully in the next couple of years.

He seems to be a bright boy (he even had an IQ test at his nursery to prove it!) and is learning to speak both Chinese and English, with very good pronunciation for most words. Chinese is dominant since that is what he hears for the majority of the time, but quite a lot of words he knows in both languages.

Kai's favourite activities
Drawing (or scribbling, more precisely)

Galloping around like a horse
Looking at books
Riding up and down escalators(and making impression of others, especially his Daddy)

Watching DVDs
Climbing
Wearing other people's shoes
Singing and dancing("Twinkle twinkle little star" is Kai's favorite song. He can sing in both languages, but strangely he is only willing to dance to the Chinese version)

Playing on slides
Making himself dizzy

Kai's favourite food and drink
Formula milk
Cow's milk
Soya milk
Yoghurt
Ice cold beer (Yes, I am serious. Pretty much like a typical English man, right?)

Raisins
Most fruits
Cereals
Rice
Bread
Noodles
Dumplings
Fish
Most meats
And of course anything sweet
(Unfortunately he doesn't like most of the green veg at the moment, he may decide to like it again later though.)

Misshaps of the year
1. Fell off the bridge and into the pond in our communal gardens
2. Pushed the glass cover of a tabletop off and smashed it
3. Broke a Ming Dynasty flower pot in a restaurant (pretty sure it was fake though)"

PS: I did miss writing Kai's blog. It's nice to keep track of his growth. I think I will find somewhere else to accommodate Kai's World. Hopefully we will see you again soon.