We are all learning a new language. It is fun but very challenging sometimes. It is the language of Rose Qi Min. She is talking very well all things considered and she cannot go up a flight of stairs without counting them. This is how it goes:
won, do, fee, war, ive, yix, yea yea, ate, nie, den. And then she gives herself a huge round of applause and of course we join in. Actually she always says the number eight after every single number but what the heck she is brilliant in our opinion! Perhaps she says the number eight all the time because eight is considered lucky in China.
Not only are we learning a new language but we are also learning to take things slower, much slower because she has learnt to say, Ro-ree do it. So everything is now taking a kazillion times longer cos Rosie has to do it herself. It is very very sweet and I love it.
If there are any teachers out there reading this please give your opinion on gifted programs. We have to decide within the next couple of weeks whether to put Lily into the gifted program. She is in the advanced class now and would leave that and enter the gifted class for social studies, language arts and science. The rest of her classes would remain the regular ones as they don't offer gifted across the board. If we put her in it she will leave the advanced class and will go to a regular class and will have math etc in that, which makes no sense to us. Also if we pull her from gifted at any time she will not go back to the advanced class but will go to the main stream class, again it makes no sense. Ahh, dilemmas.
This afternoon Lily had the best time playing with a cardboard box. First she did this:
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing - Photo Books
And later she got very creative and did this. She spent ages doing it and had a blast and this evening both of them were running around in it until Rosie scared herself.
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing - Photo Books
(note to self. Buy more foil and tape at the store)
Lil' is still very much enjoying her American Girl books and tonight she learnt all about Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret when they were younger. As we walked up to bed she was talking in her English accent and I was the queen and she was princess Elizabeth. At one point I said to her, "How do you do?" in a really proper British accent and she just lost it. She couldn't even talk she was laughing so hard. So as she giggled herself silly I explained to her that in England you don't say, "Hi, nice to meet you", you say, "Hello, how do you do". When she finally stopped laughing she said, "Why do you say, "how is your doo?". Egads....she kills me!
We were watching an old DVD of Lily yesterday and I am in shock. She is huge and so "six" now. She used to have the cutest little squeaky voice. It is so eye opening to see how fast she has grown, how much she has learnt and how sweet and kind she has become. When we first bought her home we were convinced she was the bouncer at the orphanage!
Tomorrow is going to be a really wonderful day as we are celebrating National Adoption Day with a South Florida Asia Group picnic. This time last year Andie was with us and we were being very tight lipped about a certain little girl in China who we had fallen madly in love with and who's files we were schlepping all over town to every medical professional we could find.
I bought Rosie a new bib today. I love it because this is what it says on it: My Mom's Hotter Than Your Mom! No self esteem problems around these parts! Bwa ha ha ha.
Our tickets for Annie arrived today. Lily and I are going alone, it is going to be our special day. When I told her about it she just wanted to know what kind of snacks they have at the Arsht Centre and if she could wear a dress. In February her and Jacob are going to see Cirque again. I might just crash their day cos I love Cirque Du Soliel.
This post has hopped about more than a cat on a hot tin roof. Sea sick yet?
1 comment:
Wow the gifted program is confusing and doesn't make much sense to me. Although I only have my personal experience, I would advise you to weigh very heavily where Lily is at maturity wise and confidence wise. Whether she will adjust or miss her friends. What is more important to her emotionally.
Sounds like you have a fun week ahead! And hey, tin foil used to entertain me for hours. It's always the box, isn't it?
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