So here’s the update on where we are at three months post
settling down at home.
The girls are speaking all day in English!!! Yeah! There are
some syntax things that need to be fixed, but in time! For now it’s a
celebration that all day long, we are talking and understanding each other more
and more.
The other day Kalkidan played with her dolls for the first
time all in English! It was fun to know what was going on. Basically, one of
the dolls was famous and everyone was trying to take her picture. The other
doll was a friend and trying to keep everyone back and give the famous doll
some space! So cute!
It brought my heart joy because when we first got home, we
had tried to play together with dolls,
but it was just so silent. I sadly
didn’t know any Amharic words for playing with dolls and she didn’t know
any English ones. To think how far we have come in three months!
Homeschooling is also
coming along quite nicely. Although I will admit, teaching all day and then
trying to do anything else is almost impossible. Needless to say, I DON’T do
much of anything else. J Sorry to all of my friends whom I never see
anymore and who longer receive birthday cards, messages etc from me! And sorry to Bill who no longer has clean
laundry.
When I look at all the work they’ve done, I am
impressed. It’s been a struggle at
times, because the Ethiopian school system was very different than ours and
even though we are schooling at home, we are sticking with a very traditional
American model. Lots of writing, reading and math.
But, that's not to say that we haven’t done anything creative! One day for an art project we all sewed a dress for a doll! That was
exciting until Bill came home and said, "Oh neat, but I thought the seams went
on the inside??” L
And well, it’s true , seams DO go on the inside.....
