Sounds like a kids book, doesn’t it? Well, it’s a pretty happy tale, so far.
Annabelle was so excited about her first day of school with Sadie that she was up, dressed, and standing by our bed at 7:10 this morning saying, “Mommy, school!” I’m pretty sure that the alarm in their room was set for 7:45! Do you think that she was ready for the next step in the adventure?
Kim drove the little girls to school about 8:35, walked them into class, and helped Annabelle get adjusted to her new setting. The kids from class had a huge banner on the windows of the class with Annabelle’s name on it. They left off the last E in her name, and she caught it! She motioned to Kim, drawing an E on her hand…she’s pretty sharp like that.
Sadie helped Annabelle get the layout of the room–where are the exits, which kid can handle himself in a fight, where’s the most likely place to find a shotgun–oh wait, that’s the Bourne movie that I was on the plane…sorry. But Sadie is loving her role as the helper little sister. She has been praying for a couple of years that she would still be our baby, and that she’d be able to help her sister. Looks like God has answered that prayer, doesn’t it?
Mrs. Buggs is a great teacher, and we love having our girls in her class. There’s a Mandarin speaking assistant in the classroom next door. Annabelle got to talk with her, and even read a book to Mrs. Lee today. Kim’s got an appointment with the ESL people and Mr. DeShong (the principal) later this week. Annabelle will likely spend half the day in the classroom with Sadie, and travel to another school for ESL classes. Based on their preliminary examination, they’re hopeful that Annabelle will be up and running with her English. She’s really learning quickly. She will probably attend some form of summer school to help get her up to speed. She wrote her numbers to 100 today, and did some math–adding 2 3-digit numbers. That’s pretty cool. I got to help Annabelle and Sadie with their homework tonight.
Lunch went ok. Kim sent in noodles, fruit, and yogurt. The girls came home happy, and had a big bowl of noodles to celebrate. We are seriously thinking of buying stock in Top Ramen. We’re off to a great start!
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