Last week Friday Ewan, my mom, and I went to the school where I teach to visit for the afternoon. Now, any new baby would attract some attention at a high school. But with a foreign baby, well, the reaction was more akin to what one might expect for a movie star being discovered unexpectedly by a group of adoring fans.

The exclamations of, “kawaii (cute),” were as plentiful as they were deafening. But I was most impressed with the few students that came up and, spontaneously, busted out their English.

One student was particularly funny. She ran up to me and exclaimed, “He is very very very cute!”

“Wow! Three verys. That’s a lot,” I replied.

Then, with a very serious expression on her face she said, “No! Four verys. He is very very very very cute!”

And, I must say that I agree with her, although I do believe that I am biased. What do you think?

Very very very very cute, eh?