Beating Baba in Chess

Well, part of the reason may be that Dad underestimated the 6 year old to start with -- but he only had two learning sessions with Grandpa before!

These days, Nick seems to always amaze Dad.. Just yesterday, he was telling me all about the Apolo missions -- the names of the astronauts, the lunar rover -- apparently, he just read the stories at the school library!

What matters in life

Today, Nick had a thought--  "Baba, it is about being lost, what matters is being alive and safe."

"Good. Did you learn that at school?"

"No, I thought about it when I got lost at Dutch Wonder Land last week." 

Dad was so impressed. 

For the record, Mom took Nicholas and Rachel to Dutch Wonder Land during Dad's trip to Beijing. And according Nicholas, he got lost for a minute when he got off a ride and couldn't find Mom.