Last night after dinner, since Olivia was feeling better and did not object learning some Chinese, we went over the lesson she learned this past Sunday and prepared for the lesson before the next class. 

The new lesson was about a little painter who knows how to paint anything. That “thing” in “anything” is 东西 in Chinese. When I was going over this new word with her, daddy asked: 

“Olivia, do you know what little thing is in Chinese?” 

“Mm…小东西.” She answered. 

“That is right! And that’s what I call you and Evan, 小东西, hahaha…” I said. 

“Oh, then you are the 大东西 (big thing) and daddy is the huge 东西.” Olivia really thought she got it.