Happenings

Nanny is leaving for China and she'll be gone for 2 months. Yikes. We have come to rely on her flexibility and availability. We had even started to take it for granted! Christian likes to write I (heart) U to everybody.

Below was the drawing Olin brought home today. He said it was Baba, Mama, Olin, and Ge Ge, and Ge ge was taking medicine and was sick. I guess he pointed at all the different color swatches as the 'medicine'. Olin is the pink character. He clearly sees himself as a standout!

Sagebrush Elementary hosts all the incoming first-graders and asks them to spend a day with the elementary kids. Christian came back pretty excited to have learned cursive, and for the new playground. I think this below picture is a compilation of a few students' handwriting. "Compound words" looks like Christian's handwriting.

Below photos: At last conference, teacher Karin said in 20 years she had never seen such fine motor control. Apparently it's really hard for the kids to exactly touch the borders with the loops, and to avoid going outside the borders. The first one is teacher Karin's example, and the last two are Leelee's. (Had she not explained it to me I probably wouldn't have known it was anything significant, but I am impressed!)