Lawrence's First Week of School

Lawrence started school this past week. He attends half day kindergarten. We have been talking about school for the past 2 weeks preparing him for his first day. We talked about Dad's school, visited my school (I'm a teacher), and visited his school. We'd been counting down the days on the calendar. He was so excited to finally start! Only once did he have second thoughts, that we know of. We were discussing school one night at dinner. He thought everyone would be speaking Russian and was a little shocked to hear that it would all be in English. He got past this and was okay.

Bill stayed with him all morning the first day. Lawrence really didn't pay much attention to him, though. He settled right in with the rest of the class and went about his day. One little girl spent most of her day showing him around, making sure he knew what to do. The next day, I stayed for about half an hour. Then, on Friday, I walked him to his class and left. What a big boy!! We're very proud of him and how he is adjusting to his new school!! He always comes home and tells us he was a good boy at school.

He absolutely loves his classroom, his teacher, and especially being around other kids. I think he was missing being with the friends from his groupa. He can write his first name with a little prompting and is working on his last name. He can also sing the ABC song and recognizes quite a few of the letters. He can almost count to 20. He can recognize a few colors. He's got some catching up to do, but I don't think he will have too many problems. We just have to keep up his positive attitude!

William likes being home with Mom, but that changes next week when I go back to work:( I start back at my school next Monday and Bill becomes Mr. Mom!! I can't wait to hear how his days go. It will give him a taste of how my life will be when he transitions into his new job and I stay home all day. Things will probably be a little rough at first for him, but they will run smoothly after awhile.

Each day and every day the boys continue to amaze us with what they know! They understand more and more English every day and add several words to their vocab. We are full of joy and happiness and are very blessed to have these boys in our lives. Bill and I are always worn out by the end of the day, but it's all worth it!!

Peace,
Kelly

P.S.

The first picture is of Lawrence's first day at school. The second is of the family at their Welcome to the Family party and the last is of them in our yard after an ice storm.