Reading

It is amazing we have only been home for five weeks now.  The kids have learned so much!  They have worked hard on learning English and the phonics of the ABCs, in order to learn how to read.  They are doing really well with sounding out words and have just started reading easy reader books that have a few words on each page.  We are so proud of them for all of their hard work!

Our First Grandparent's Day



Lori's parents had a special first Grandparent's Day.  We are so grateful for them and all of the help and support they have given us!  The kids helped us to put together a photo album of  all of the activities we have enjoyed, since we have been home.  We also went to dinner at our favorite Mexican restaurant.  The kids love fajitas!  We all enjoy our time together as a big family.  We laugh every time we go out to eat and we ask for a table for seven.!

Learning Time

We have started working on school every morning from breakfast until lunch, and we usually work for about three hours.  We haven't started a curriculum yet but have just started working on many new things like handwriting, learning the ABCs, learning the phonics of each letter, and memorizing the kids' new address and telephone number.  They are doing a great job and are really trying hard to speak in English.  Lori's Mom is a retired kindergarten teacher and has been instrumental in helping me teach the kids, since they have been home.  We are so excited to homeschool and look forward to all of the fun we will have as we learn together as a family.

Painting

The kids painted on their easel for the first time and did a great job.They were very careful and loved wearing their new painting aprons.  They each painted a picture for Dainis to take to work, and he was so excited.  Although life is very busy now, we still look at the kids and can't believe God has blessed us with three children, and we are now a family of five!

New Glasses

Ingrid just got new glasses and is so cute.  She is doing a good job taking care of them.  She liked the idea of having glasses better than actually having them, but we are so glad that she can see better now.  It makes us sad that she has had trouble with her eyesight but never had the opportunity to get glasses to help her until now.