Rebecca's Child Talks (1)

Dumplings Can Swim
At age 2. One day Mommy was cooking dumplings in the kitchen. When the water boiled, all the dumplings began to float in the water. Seeing that, Rebecca said, “Look! Dumplings are swimming!”

Happy Turtles
At age 2. Mommy took Rebecca to Phoenix Zoo. At the entrance there was a big pond. In the pond there were a few logs floating on the water. A lot of turtles were swimming in the water or playing on the logs. Mommy and Rebecca stopped on the bridge over the pond and watched the turtles for a while. “They are so free and happy.” Rebecca said.

Wedding Pictures
At age 2. Mommy and Rebecca were watching the wedding pictures on the bulletin board in the hallway at the church. The wedding pictures were very beautiful. Rebecca wanted Mommy to take pictures like that for her. Mommy said those were wedding pictures and they took when they got married. Hearing that, Rebecca said, “I want to get married.” Mommy said you would get married when you grew up. But Rebecca didn’t want to wait that long. She said, “I want to get married now.” Mommy didn’t remember how she stopped her cry that day. Later at home Daddy and Mommy took some “wedding” pictures for her. She was wearing a long light-colored (almost white) dress, a light pink (almost white) headband with a light- colored scarf and holding a white bouquet.

Twenty-two
At age 3 or 4. One day when Mommy picked up Rebecca at Tempe Christian School, her teacher told Mommy Rebecca was so cute that day. Well, she was cute every day. Why did the teacher say she was cute that day? Then the teacher began to explain. On that day Rebecca and a few other girls were playing Mommy. The “Mommy” was going to have a baby, but Rebecca stopped her and said, “No. You can’t have a baby! You have to get married before you have a baby. And you have to be 22 to get married!” Mommy laughed after she heard the teacher's explanation. Rebecca was really cute. She was absolutely right, too.