Our Week

• We played a game of hide and seek as a family. This proved challenging with a three year old and a dog. If the three year old did not give your spot away, the dog did!


• MK has asked over the past few days what orphanage the boys lived in. We have explained to her that they were born in the US. She still insists on locating their orphanage on the Chinese map. No luck with that yet :)


• Pryce lost another tooth and the Tooth Fairy was all out of Wonka Bars. Improvisions were put into place :)


• Pryce had his first piano lesson and loved it!


• MK began speech again. She hasn't been participating over the summer. Though there are still times that I do not understand a lot of what she says, she is using these big words and enunciates really well. All that said, she is currently working on the S sound. She announced yesterday that only boys can say the S sound, not girls.
• School continues to go well. Colin, thankfully, is enjoying his writing class. It is a program called Institute for Excellence in Writing. He participated last year and was a bit dismayed when I announced that I had signed him up for the class this year. It is challenging but something he is so capable of doing. After class this week, he talked the entire way home about what he had learned, the games they had played to reinforce the learning and how he had impressed his instructor with an alliteration he threw in his latest writing just for kicks. We began our homeschool adventure last year very unsure of how it would play out. We all agreed to one year and then we would assess the situation to see what we would do next. Last night I found myself praying that my children will continue to enjoy it as much every year as they are now! I love this time with them and I love learning with them and seeing their eyes light up when it all clicks together. Truly exciting!
• We are one document away from our dossier going to China! YAY!