By Amy
The other day Savannah and I were doing math together. I asked her a question and was surprised she could figure out the answer. I looked at her and asked, "Savannah, how did you get to be so smart?" I was hoping she say something about having a great teacher, but instead she replied with complete sincerity, "I don't know. I guess maybe it's because I live with Daddy." Who knew Brad was so smart that it just rubbed off just by living in the same house with him!
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
Thankful for Odyssey
by Amy
We love our kids' new kindergarten for many reasons (it's close, all my kids can be together, 3:1 kid:teacher ratio, etc...). But the one thing that I don't like about it is that there are no other kids Savannah's age. She's the oldest one in the class. So, even after living here for 1.5 years, Savannah still does not have a good, local friend her age. She has never complained about it, but I wish it wasn't this way....
One of the things that has helped Savannah not feel lonely is Adventures in Odyssey, a radio theater production put on by Focus on the Family. She LOVES to listen to Odyssey! She talks about the characters a lot -- quoting them and laughing at their experiences. Eugene, Connie, and Whit have become her best friends. Although, they are not real people, I'm so thankful that Savannah has them! And, she has really taken to heart many of the lessons/values the stories try to teach. They have led to many good conversations!
We love our kids' new kindergarten for many reasons (it's close, all my kids can be together, 3:1 kid:teacher ratio, etc...). But the one thing that I don't like about it is that there are no other kids Savannah's age. She's the oldest one in the class. So, even after living here for 1.5 years, Savannah still does not have a good, local friend her age. She has never complained about it, but I wish it wasn't this way....
One of the things that has helped Savannah not feel lonely is Adventures in Odyssey, a radio theater production put on by Focus on the Family. She LOVES to listen to Odyssey! She talks about the characters a lot -- quoting them and laughing at their experiences. Eugene, Connie, and Whit have become her best friends. Although, they are not real people, I'm so thankful that Savannah has them! And, she has really taken to heart many of the lessons/values the stories try to teach. They have led to many good conversations!
Saturday, October 18, 2008
All I Want For Christmas
By Amy
This post is long overdue... the grandparents have been hearing about the new smile for a couple of weeks now, but I haven't had a chance to post pics. About 3 weeks ago Savannah's dangling front left tooth finally fell out. We had been anticipating that for close to a month! She liked to wiggle it (and gross her mother out!) but didn't want to pull it. Finally she was eating and it couldn't stay put any longer!
Soon after that first tooth came out she began talking about her other front tooth being loose. Then, when playing on an inflatable moonwalk-type toy, Peter accidentally kicked her in the mouth and made it a bit looser! Sure enough, about a week ago when biting into a sandwich, Savannah's other front tooth fell out! So, now our sweet girl has a new smile!
Saturday, October 11, 2008
The Farm
By Amy
Last week in school we had a farm theme. So, we made tractors using different shapes I had cut out. We used this activity to teach us how to say circle, square, triangle, and rectangle in the local language. We sang all 9 verses of The Farmer and the Dell when some friends came over. Then, we studied how to say the names of different farm animals in the local language.
But, the most fun thing we did was make a farm-puzzle-cookie. In the morning for our first school activity, we made sugar cookie dough. Then we rolled it out on to my cookie sheet. After that we created a farm scene with cookie cutters and a knife. Later that night, we had fun icing it. They kids had to tell me how to say tree, fish, bird, cow, horse, and duck in our local language before I let them eat any! That was a pretty strong motivator! They all did great!
Last week in school we had a farm theme. So, we made tractors using different shapes I had cut out. We used this activity to teach us how to say circle, square, triangle, and rectangle in the local language. We sang all 9 verses of The Farmer and the Dell when some friends came over. Then, we studied how to say the names of different farm animals in the local language.
But, the most fun thing we did was make a farm-puzzle-cookie. In the morning for our first school activity, we made sugar cookie dough. Then we rolled it out on to my cookie sheet. After that we created a farm scene with cookie cutters and a knife. Later that night, we had fun icing it. They kids had to tell me how to say tree, fish, bird, cow, horse, and duck in our local language before I let them eat any! That was a pretty strong motivator! They all did great!
Clearly, Brad found the cookie and took a bite before I could take the picture! He said he wanted the fishy to swim away!
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