Allison CP - 9

Having experienced "real" Chinese food last week, I wanted for XinWen and Joyce to experience my heritage's cuisine! Thus, it was Italian night in my apartment. I picked them both up from their respective apartments and brought them back with me. I prepared some baked ziti using my mom's family recipe. (Didn't have time to do the full out sauce/gravy though since that takes like a whole day to make.) Regardless, I think it turned out pretty well. Both of the girls told me that it tasted like they got it from a restaurant. I am sure that they meant this to be a compliment...though I feel like an Italian would take it as as insult since it was homemade haha. I would have busted out a bottle of wine since I know its XinWen's favorite, but I didn't want to get her in trouble for having a drink underage.


The girls learned quite a bit of vocabulary. They admired the fish tank that I have in my living room and I introduced them to all my little fish. (They all have epic Greek names like Hercules and Adonis). Joyce already knew most of the fish-related terms since I took her to the aquarium on our roadtrip. However, I was able to teach XinWen about fins, gills, and floating.

Knowing that Joyce loves dogs, I was excited to introduce her to my roomie's dog, Emitt. Although he is not mine, I'm pretty much his "aunt" because I help take care of him and he always runs to me first. Needless to say, both XinWen and Joyce were very taken by the little guy. He is a chihuahua but not yappy at all (which I know, is a miracle for the breed). Joyce thought it was so funny that Emitt was so little compared to my family's dog which is a large golden doodle. Overall it was quite a fun evening!