Both N and B have updates!!
B is now officially crawling. You put him on the floor and he's off. Now I can't let him play on the floor play gym without me hovering overhead. He heads right for cords and things he shouldn't!
N is concerned her tooth is loose. She has a space in the back of her mouth from one that was already pulled (it happened back in Russia-- we don't know when).. and the adult tooth hasn't grown in. So I think she thinks it's going to be a space forever.
Last night she came to me in tears... "MAMA MAMA.... look!!" Now how do you explain the tootfairy? Her English is coming along great. She only speaks English to us with a few words still in Russian.. but it's all English now. And she seems to understand everything Steve and I say. In fact the other day I called one of her girl friends from the children's home.. (I know the family she was adopted into) We put them on the phone together.. and she only spoke English to her. How sad! I've had people who speak Russian try to talk to her.. .she wants nothing to do with it. She only responds in English.
Our school visits are going well. We visited the lunch room and the library on our last visit. She was shy but curious. These were new rooms she hadn't been to yet. She seems okay in the hallways now and likes looking into the classrooms. She seems to enjoy our visits. Since she was shying away from he new rooms we sat down and spoke with the librarian. We even sat in the story reading space and read a book together. I also had her sit at the table in the lunchroom. Next time I'll bring lunch and we'll eat together.
This morning -- out of the blue she asked me if she sleeps at school. After saying a quick.. "NO, no..." I explained how daddy goes to work and sleeps at home, she will go to school and sleep at home. ( I think N thought the school was an orphanage. In Magadan when the orphans turn 7 they go away to school. It's a boarding school. So I think that's why she was asking if she'd sleep there.) She seemed happy with the answer and even told Steve when he called that she wouldn't sleep at school. It makes me wonder what other things she's thinking about. I think this is the first time she was able to communicate her fear.... well this and her fear of being toothless!!
3 comments:
so happy you are blogging more regularly now. so cute about afraid of being toothless. I just hope when Kevin's falls out, he wont try to eat it. lol
It has been fun keeping up with your family! :) Sounds similar to Rachael's daughter, Katya, with the Russian thing. Would it be possible to get a video of her sweet little Russian accent? I loved watching those of the kids her age. So sweet. If not, no biggie. Don't you love how kids minds work tho - sleep at school?! :)
Too cute. I totally forgot to tell you that she was kinda playing with the tooth next to the space in her mouth, I figured it was a loose tooth. I think that is why she only ate one carrot. She said it hurt to eat, and had to chew it on the other side. Good luck with the little crawler! He was quick on his belly, I can only imagine him now.
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