Lily Has A Lightbulb Moment

This morning as Lily was getting ready for school she suddenly came running into the kitchen squealing, 'Mummy, my name is Lily. Li-ly like Mrs Li in the orphanage". I told her that we had named her that on purpose since her Chinese name was Yu Ni Li and we had kept her Chinese name as her middle name and incorporated Li into her first name so that she would have her whole name in case she ever wanted to be called by that instead of her American name. She looked at me for a second and said, "Oh thank you mummy you are the greatest". And then she left and came back 2 seconds later, hairbrush in hand, demanding 2 pigtails and a clip! Life must go on.