So, in my last post I talked about how Barry and I have felt that we need to live radically, and how both houses are now on the market (Greensburg and Greenwood/Indianapolis). Well, we have an accepted offer on the Greensburg house and the "Sale Pending" sign is now in our yard. Incredible.
The first two people that saw the house made offers. The first was GREAT. The second we rejected because it was way off from what we wanted to get out of it. God is working in huge ways just on this. Unreal. And, yet, it is real.
This week I started preschool with Sveta. So far, so good. She and I are both enjoying it...and she's learning so quickly!!
Yesterday was our "6 months home" day! We ate potato soup to celebrate. :)
She's been home 6 months: Things she knows/does/has said/eats, etc...
1. Can count to 30 (except most days she skips 15 and 22)
2. Can count back from 10 to 1.
3. Knows all of her letters.
4. Knows all letter sounds (except she sometimes only remembers one of the sounds G and I make).
5. She knows the following shapes: circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, star, heart.
6. She knows her colors: white, black, gray, brown, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink
7. She knows lots of direction words and gets right and left correct most of the time.
8. She will eat/drink burgers, pork, chicken, turkey, fish (salmon and tilapia), noodles, rice, cheese, milk, smoothies, green beans, carrots, potatoes, peppers (if you force her), tomatoes, fruit of all kinds (but she's not a big berry fan).
9. She uses full sentences and repeats whole stories. She will have you read a book until she's got it memorized...and then she "reads" it. She wants you to read at least 10 books a day. LOVE it.
10. She answers my cell phone if it rings even though she knows she isn't supposed to.
11. She still likes to pretend to be a baby and to be held and rocked (which I'm happy about).
12. She asks for moloko instead of milk to drink. Simply because she can't really say milk and she is sick of me asking her to repeat it. I like that she uses the Russian. She also uses the word for "don't" and "and."
13. She's super imaginative!! She always has a different imaginative game to play: the newest is that we are sisters.
14. She loves to play with her friends, but she's pretty bossy. I guess being the oldest at the orphanage is partially to blame.
15. She constantly wants to go somewhere. Anywhere. She doesn't even care if it's just to the store. She doesn't like to just be at home.
16. New phrases: "check this out," "I got an idea," "how 'bout," "are you sure?" "are you kiddin' me?"
17. She loves to pray. She sometimes just opens her eyes and thanks God for the fork, spoon, plate, and cup...but sometimes, like last night she said, "Thank you for God and for Jesus, and for everybody, and for life."
18. She likes to use the churchy answers. Jesus, and God are common answers when they don't make sense as the answer at all!
That's all I can think of for now. LOVE LOVE LOVE this girl. So blessed that God has put her in our lives!!
The first two people that saw the house made offers. The first was GREAT. The second we rejected because it was way off from what we wanted to get out of it. God is working in huge ways just on this. Unreal. And, yet, it is real.
This week I started preschool with Sveta. So far, so good. She and I are both enjoying it...and she's learning so quickly!!
Yesterday was our "6 months home" day! We ate potato soup to celebrate. :)
She's been home 6 months: Things she knows/does/has said/eats, etc...
1. Can count to 30 (except most days she skips 15 and 22)
2. Can count back from 10 to 1.
3. Knows all of her letters.
4. Knows all letter sounds (except she sometimes only remembers one of the sounds G and I make).
5. She knows the following shapes: circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, star, heart.
6. She knows her colors: white, black, gray, brown, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink
7. She knows lots of direction words and gets right and left correct most of the time.
8. She will eat/drink burgers, pork, chicken, turkey, fish (salmon and tilapia), noodles, rice, cheese, milk, smoothies, green beans, carrots, potatoes, peppers (if you force her), tomatoes, fruit of all kinds (but she's not a big berry fan).
9. She uses full sentences and repeats whole stories. She will have you read a book until she's got it memorized...and then she "reads" it. She wants you to read at least 10 books a day. LOVE it.
10. She answers my cell phone if it rings even though she knows she isn't supposed to.
11. She still likes to pretend to be a baby and to be held and rocked (which I'm happy about).
12. She asks for moloko instead of milk to drink. Simply because she can't really say milk and she is sick of me asking her to repeat it. I like that she uses the Russian. She also uses the word for "don't" and "and."
13. She's super imaginative!! She always has a different imaginative game to play: the newest is that we are sisters.
14. She loves to play with her friends, but she's pretty bossy. I guess being the oldest at the orphanage is partially to blame.
15. She constantly wants to go somewhere. Anywhere. She doesn't even care if it's just to the store. She doesn't like to just be at home.
16. New phrases: "check this out," "I got an idea," "how 'bout," "are you sure?" "are you kiddin' me?"
17. She loves to pray. She sometimes just opens her eyes and thanks God for the fork, spoon, plate, and cup...but sometimes, like last night she said, "Thank you for God and for Jesus, and for everybody, and for life."
18. She likes to use the churchy answers. Jesus, and God are common answers when they don't make sense as the answer at all!
That's all I can think of for now. LOVE LOVE LOVE this girl. So blessed that God has put her in our lives!!
Incredible! We love her too! Can't get enough! And oh yeah, we still love you and Barry too :-)
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