Grandma left for China and Charlotte kept saying 奶奶没了

Grandma Nainai went left us for China today. We all went to the airport to see her off. We all knew it was hard for Nainai to say goodbye because Charlotte liked her a lot and Nainai loved playing with her every day. Charlotte knew that Nainai was leaving. Daddy said she was a little upset when she saw Nainai going through the security line and wanted to go with Nainai. She was okay in a little bit though. On the way back Mama asked her “where is Nainai”, she’ll said “Nai nai is gone”. Kasia cried in the car so we stopped to nurse her. We stopped at Saigon Market to get some grocery. On our way back Kasia cried all the way to home.

 

Everybody took a nap after lunch today since we all got up earlier than usual. Kasia slept for over five hours from 11:30ish to 5 pm and still went to bed at her normal time before around 9:30 pm. I was surprised.

Our home seemed to be quite today and it’s cold so we didn’t go outside. Daddy and Mommy tried to play with Charlotte and Kasia. Charlotte was all okay that Nainai is not here anymore. Kasia was very happy after her long nap. When Mama asked Charlotte where Nainai or where YeYe was, she kept saying 奶奶没了(Nainai is gone),and sometimes followed with 爷爷也没了(Yeye is also gone). A few times she would be sad and pretend that she was crying while saying Nainai is gone. Mama took a video of her “fake crying” and she would say 奶奶哭哭 (Nainai crying). When it’s about sleep time, Mama asked Charlotte to go sleep with Nainai, she kept pointing to the basement and said “nai nai mei le”. Charlotte was aware that Nainai was going back to China. She didn’t look for Nainai today, only when we asked her where Nainai was, and she would say Nainai is gone. I told Charlotte Nainai was going to take airplane and go to China, if she wanted to go take airplane too. Nainai had been asking if Charlotte wanted to take airplane with her to China many times too. So Charlotte knew Nainai wasn’t coming home with us for a while.