Today, she saw anole lizards for the first time. Her expression was full of shock and curiosity and fear. She charged at it and then backed away so fast she almost fell over.
Then my mom brought our dog, Pepper, over. Lydia has screamed and pointed every time we've seen a dog together so we knew she would be interested. She was scared at first but then giddy with excitement. She makes a high pitched attempt at barking (which I know Pepper just LOVES) and chases her around. She has been petting her gently and tonight pulled her ear while saying 'ear' in Chinese. Needs to work on petting and not pulling the ears but she was very sweet. She learned to yell 'Anna' while we were in China and has already learned to say Pepper less than 4 hours after meeting her. Lydia likes her, but I think she is disappointed that she doesn't bark at all at our house. Wait until she meets Mimi's dogs. That will be a memorable first for the books.