And We're Off....

by Amy


Wow, with home schooling everyday and studying this crazy language many afternoons, I don't have much time to blog! This past week was a little extra busy as the kids did not go to kindergarten in the afternoon. We are actually changing kindergartens as one is opening in our apartment complex. Talk about convenient! If we walked to their old school, it would usually take about 20-25 min. to get there, maybe 5 min. inside and about 15-20 min. to walk home. I could stay home for about 1 hour, then it was time to head out the door to go pick them up. So, Brad and I would often trade taking or picking up. And, if one of us had to do both ways, we'd usually just sit in a KFC about 5 min. from the kindergarten and study. So, having them just across the parking lot will be great! It also will be nice because we've asked one of the teachers, who speaks English, to work on teaching our kids the local language. We'll see how that goes, but that's the goal! Also, since it's in a 2 bedroom apartment, they'll have about 15 kids & 4 teachers, not 30-40/class. So, hopefully it will be a good fit for our family!


Tomorrow morning we're off to that big city north of us. We're going with some of our other American friends from our town and will hang out for a few days together, then, we're picking Sue, Brad's mom, up at the airport! She decided to come visit us before her 1 year visa expired at the end of September. We're all super excited to see her! We'll take some time to shop and play in the big city before bring her back to our home. I actually will not be returning home with my family....Since Sue will be here to help Brad with the kids, I'm flying to another city to take a 3 day intensive language class. I'm super excited about this class! I feel like it will really help me communicate on a deeper level! So, I will be away from home for almost 2 weeks. I'm sure the blog entries will be slow coming.... Sorry!