"Xiao Xiao cold"

We are having a few unseasonably chilly days in Ohio. Lily, being from Southern China, is used to a climate that more closely resembles Miami, Florida. Since about September, she has frequently informed us, "Xiao Xiao cold". We keep telling her, "you haven't seen cold, yet". Today the temperature dropped enough that I had to start the furnace (something I am always reluctant to do because of rising natural gas prices!). You should have seen her eyes light up when she discovered these magical holes in the floor emanating heat! She was excitedly telling us how she was cold, but how good it feels to sit on the registers. Of course, she didn't use those exact words, but that was the gist of it. It was as if, just because it was new to her, that she discovered something that no one in the house knew about, either. Those rare times when Lily, as an adopted toddler, discovers something completely new to her, are priceless.