Another First {First Grade x 2}

I woke the girls softly this morning at 7:15am and told them it was time!  They both slowly got up and awake and then the chaos ensued.  They wanted to get dressed right away, not waiting for breakfast or potty break or anything.  The new “Twinkle Toes” had to go on their feet before they even touched the ground!  It was the perfect start to the day; I only hope the whole day goes so well.  We had a scare; Abigail ran a high fever the last two days and of course, she has strep throat.  The doctor said no school, but once I got home last night, she was feeling much better and the fever had broken.  Soooo, three doses of antibiotic later; she got on the bus with a kiss and a wave. 

Olivia was her usual self, giddy and excited, while Abigail was “nervous”.  We got to meet both of their teachers last night and I think things will go very well for both of them!  Our prayers are for Olivia to comprehend all that she is about to learn.  We know she is catching on to the language, our concern is she doesn’t know what she is talking about. So, again, praying she will have understanding.  Abigail is very bright, she loves to read and she can only be a help to her sister in those areas.  Her Kindergarten teacher invited her to come read to her new class this year, they allow that; how cool is that? 

P.S. To quote Abigail, school was "AWESOME"!!!!

What's Been Going On?

I hate to admit I’m not the blogger that I want to be.  I want to keep a record of life with my girls (and my guys), but life interferes with my wittiness and time to actually think about something to say that might make a memory. 

Things have been going “okay” with Olivia.  She is truly a great little girl, and she is a trooper.  We have to keep reminding ourselves who she is and where she came from just a short time ago, and not let frustration take over. 

We need to rely more on God and not so much on each other, because that just doesn’t work.  Livi wants nothing to do with her Chinese language, only wants to speak English and so wants to be like her sister.  Her English has come along very well, especially when we remember she has only been here for four months!!!  She comprehends a lot of what we say, some not so much, but we usually get our point across.  Where she struggles is basic stuff like the alphabet and colors, things we take for granted.  I didn’t even realize she didn’t know her colors until just recently.  She knows them in Chinese!  So, we have tried to work with her more on that kind of thing and I am really looking forward to her going to school NEXT WEEK.  They have more tools than I do to help her overcome what she doesn’t know. 

Abigail continues to be the bossy big little sister.  Some days, they get along great, others, not so much…typical sisters I guess!  We are encouraging Olivia to be her own person, not try and copy Abigail so much…more baby steps.

We have had a pretty fun summer, I’ve been able to take off most Fridays and do things with the girls; plus we had a wonderful vacation in Hilton Head, South Carolina a few short weeks ago!  We had never been there and now that we have…well, we may never go anywhere else!  It was a great time! 

We sold our boat (sniff sniff), which we’ve had for 12 years, kind of on a whim…thought we’d post it and see if we got any bites, and whoa, it took all of 12 hours.  So, to make up for it, we’ve done a lot of swimming at friend’s houses and enjoyed every minute of that.  Both girls are fish and really do well in the water…

Here we are, in all our glory!

So that’s the quick update from Ohio.  Next up, school starts…