Little Friends at Work

This is where I went hunting for fabric to make the girls sheets. They really gave me the foreigner inflate, but they were super nice and I always stop back by to see them when I go to the market across town. This little guy loves being doted on. He's always showing off for me. He, unlike most kiddos, actually has several toys, but he still hangs out on the sewing machine

My friend Hang here is the tinmaker's son. (Or is it a "tinsmith??) He was out showing his patriotism and unknowingly drumming up business for his Baba. His tiny brother was toddling all over a long sharp piece of edging... his flag had already broken.

Isn't he handsome??

He did a little patriotic show for me :)

This little tot helps out with the meatgrinder in the market. (Notice the massive gash on his forehead?? It's a wonder he's still got his fingers!)

Someone told me that in America we try to control the environment, but in Asia they control the children to adapt to the environment. Some of us vary on this at home, but I'm still a little taken aback by the extreme discrepancies...

The market can be REALLY crazy. I've seen fights break out when old men are hit by bikes, motorcycles take out stalls, someone in a van stops to shop and blocks traffic...
This wasn't a main drag, but I was still surprised to see this little guy. Partly because I've never seen a walker, and partly because I feared for his safety!

These children were on break from school (they have a 1.5 - 2 hour daily lunch break), so they stopped by their families' market stall for lunch and a little pedaling of veggies!

There was some sort of traveling market in town (Complete with some carnival games!)

This little guy was about a 1/4 mile from the action, all alone and having a ball in the peace and quiet.

Santa's little helper! This was a week or so after Christmas, but I guess it was a functional hat. I thought she was cute... She exchanged Ni Haos with Em and proudly showed us her very fetching necklace.

Kids do the darndest things! They really pick up what they see :) A couple of weeks after we got here, she also tried to hauk a lugey (sp??) on the sidewalk. And Emma said "This is how the Chinese people smoke" and proceeded to hold her fingers to her purse lips, remove, and puff...