Zoey's started to stand up for herself, important for a younger sister.
When she was really young, big brother would just take toys out of her hand and run off to play with it. She'd just shrug it off.
A few nights ago, both she and Michael were playing with an empty gallon water jug. Michael was pretending it was a jar of chocolate syrup. Zoey was just holding it.
I was eating dinner, and heard Zoey yelling "MEI-MEI!!! MEI-MEI!!!" from the hallway. I came over, and saw her holding onto the water jug handle with an iron grip, fist balled up, and Michael trying to take the jug out of her hand. She stuck her face out at him and yelled "MEI-MEI!!! MEI-MEI!!!"
That's Chinese for "little sister." Basically, that's her way of saying "It's Mine!" that something "belongs to little sister."
Michael looked shocked at how adamant she was and backed off.
