I am so proud of my DD!  This is the first time she writes anything in Chinese, as in compose rather than practicing characters, in ~ 4 years, as I had mostly concentrated on improving their reading proficiency previously.  I think this comes from all the Chinese readings she has done.  I was counting on her relatively high reading proficiency and breadth of reading to show her what Chinese writing should sound and read like.   I am much encouraged by Charlotte’s first piece of writing at this point.

Of course, “Georgia”, who is 9 and wants to do everything her elder sister does, is now very motivated to learn how to type Chinese with pinyin herself!

Addendum:  Here is what she typed the following day in about an hour:

凱莉翻了一下白眼，對她爸爸說，“您一個人在麵包店裡做不了多少，需要幫忙。”凱莉的爸爸想了一下，又說，“可是妳結婚後還是可以回來幫我啊。”  從凱莉的爸爸坐下來的位子，就能聽到在廚房的凱莉嘆氣。

“嫁人有那麽慘嗎？  又不是說沒人要娶妳。” 她爸爸好奇的問。

“您不是說不會逼我結婚嗎？  怎麼現在突然要我嫁人啊？” 凱莉不耐煩的回答。

“我只是問一問而已。” 她爸爸自言自語的說，然後搧一搧手裡的紙扇。

突然，有兩位客人走進麵包店。  凱莉快速的上前招待。  幾分鐘後，凱莉拿著一封信走回店舖後。  凱莉的爸爸問，“誰寄的信？“

”好像是從皇宮寄來的。“凱莉說。  她的爸爸馬上起身而從凱莉的手裡搶走信封。