Things seem to be going well for Angelina Jolie and new son Pax Thien; the director of the orphanage where Angelina adopted Pax said although the boy seemed frightened of his new mother in the beginning, he eventually warmed up to her.

The 3-year-old Vietnamese boy started crying when Angelina Jolie knelt down to speak to him at Thursday morning’s welcoming ceremony at Tam Binh Orphanage in Ho Chi Minh, according to the orphanage director, Mr. Nguyen Van Trung.

Jolie wasn’t phased. “She told me she understands – that it’s normal for all young children to be scared,” Trung recalled Thursday. Jolie took the boy aside in a separate room from the ceremony for the boy to recover his composure. “Later he was okay, very cheerful and happy,” Trung said. “He even played with his new brother Maddox.”

Pax’s caretaker at the orphanage, Ms. Bui Thi Thanh Tuyen, said the boy wasn’t told he would be adopted on Thursday, which possibly explains why he was caught off guard by Angelina and her posse.

“We did not say anything to him, afraid we might put pressure on him and more frightened,” Tuyen said. “We just told him that we are taking him out. You are going to play outside – play with a mother and father.”

Still, the orphanage staff prepared him as best they could: They packed a small box with two sets of clothes for him to take, and his favorite toys, especially a small plastic piano. They also taught him a few phrases of English: “How are you?” and “What’s your name?”

Tuyen said she’ll miss the boy but adds that any day a child is adopted is a special day at the orphanage. “We are glad that he’s adopted. He’s very clever and I hope he has a good life,” Tuyen said. “We just hope he will return to visit us one day.”

Honey, please–he’s going to drop that orphanage like a bad habit.

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