And also, she could fly and move things with her mind

Clearly, I should have already completed Buttercup's lifebook, because she is now creating one in her own head - without the benefit of, well, any resemblance to the truth whatsoever.

To be absolutely clear to all the adoptive parents out there who might get the impulse to kick me in the comments for not being more pro-active on this, you should know that we talk about it all the time. All the time.

We talk about China and the city where she lived. She have four large photo albums on shelves that she can reach of our trip to meet her, including photos of her orphanage, her nanny, her best friend and her bed. I don't think a day goes by without some conversation about it.

So maybe she's just trying to come up with something new and sparkling to say when she tells me she likes sushi.

"You do?" I said with so small amount of surprise, because this child hates fish and anything that has been prepared in the same kitchen city as fish. But our cousins here made sushi - including some vegetarian - on Christmas Eve, so I thought maybe Bee had tried it there.

"Where have you eaten sushi?"

"In China. With my nanny. She used to make it for me all the time."

"I don't think so sweetie. But she did make you congee and banana and steamed egg, and you ate a half a steamed bun every morning for breakfast. That's what she told us."

"And I ate sushi."

"Sweetheart, I don't think you had enough teeth for sushi. And you were a pretty little baby - littler than Posey. Babies don't eat sushi."

"I did. I was a very special baby."

Comments

[ppb]

Well, she was a very special baby---right?

[angela marie]

Well, duh. She was a very special baby. :)

Don't you just LOVE those little discussions?!?

[Mrs Figby]

Haha! That's awesome. We have conversations like that around here as well. You'd be AMAZED by the things Apples did as an infant prior to her adoption.

[tshapedgirl]

Hmm, hard to argue with such logic as I'm sure you agree that she IS very special.

[jo(e)]

Well, it's the concept that is important, not the details. And she's got the concept just fine. She is very special.

[stepblog]

The last part, clearly, is indisputable.