Tuesday is Jason's birthday and he can hardly wait! He saw his name on the calendar and asked if it was his "Happy Birthday to you". When we said yes, he got a huge smile on his face. He then went on to tell us something he wanted for his birthday. Since he didn't know enough English to tell us what it was, it was hard to figure out! He kept saying it was circulo and white with mucho colors and lots of red. We kept asking if it was cake and he said no every time, he eventually started pretending to lick something. Maybe ice cream? No. Finally, he drew it. We realized he wanted one of those lollipops you can get at candy stores that is big, white, and swirled with lots of colors and also red. He is counting down the days until his "Happy Birthday to you"!
We are finally starting to get somewhere on our English! They are wanting to learn now and we are hearing more every day. Jason really surprised us when he said "Happy Birthday to you" because we have only sang it two times at most with them so we have no idea where he got it! Luke is really picking it up too! There is still a lot of Spanish but much less than there used to be.
Every Thursday we go to a friends house for a group writing class for Josh and Matthew. While they are doing that, the little siblings(and the big ones that aren't doing it ;o)) are upstairs playing and doing a craft. Afterwards, we all go down the street to their community park and tennis court. The tennis court has a couple of basketball goals along the side too. The older kids and anyone else who wants to, plays knock out. Jason has so much fun! He loves basketball! Luke discovered how much he loved basketball this week too!
The girls have been getting along great! You can usually find them somewhere with their baby dolls. They are easy to track down because if they are playing babies, you will hear them. Tatiana and Ashley always make their babies cry and so it is difficult to tell if someone is crying or if it is a baby doll! Many times we have gone to see who was crying and why and find two little girls with baby dolls in hand and their faces scrunched up in a mimic cry!
We started Jason, Tatiana, and Luke on the English alphabet after we got home. Jason knows all of the alphabet except for one and he will learn it quickly as he loves to learn! I think he will be reading before he knows what he is reading! It comes so easy for him and he wants more so we just found some easy math facts to try. Luke and Tatiana are having a harder time but are still picking it up pretty well. They both know about a third of the alphabet and the sounds the letters make.
The kids love to tell us thank you! At every meal, usually starting with Luke, then Jason, then Tatiana, they thank us for the food. They tell Mom first, then they go down the line. "Thank you Daddy, thank you Brianne, Thank you Kaitlyn." We hear it every meal. Also Luke sits at the table at lunch every day and sings Jesus Loves Me while he eats. It is soooo cute! I think that is his favorite song. It is the only one he knows in English.
Our first post placement meeting was today. It went great and it is a relief to have the first one done. This has turned out to be a long post so I better end here! I will put a few pictures as I know from experience, that is the best part of the post!
Kaitlyn
We stoped at a Gymboree clothing outlet a week before Valentines Day and found these really cute and very inexpensive outfits for the girls. We couldn't resist! And who can resist those cute smiles!
I love this picture of Matt and Jason playing in the backyard. Don't you love Matt's expression?
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