I pretty much hibernate from New Year's to the start of March, so I haven't been outside a lot lately. But today we have a sunny, mild day in the 50s, so I ventured into the backyard to pick up the sticks that have been knocked off the trees over the last few months. While I was out there, I saw the girls' art on the back wall and was reminded of why we decided to adopt.
I decided to be more targeted in involving the children with routine household upkeep and hope to have a Family Clean Up Hour regularly this year. We started this weekend and are asking contributions from each according to current ability.
I want to do a little bragging on our big girl. She's having a very successful year academically and is just about to complete the first semester at her home school school.
Today, her math teacher there sent me a note:
"I wanted to let you know what a great job your child is doing with math. She is currently reviewing the pre-algebra concepts she
knows before we move on to new material. In that review I've included a lot of
word problems, matching word problems to equations, and translating word
problems into expressions. She has stuck with it and is doing very well. The
review also includes decimal and fraction operations with variables, so she's
putting it all together. Great work, EM!"
Big girl also had her mid-term evaluation presentation this week in her Sign Language class and received a perfect score. Here's a snapshot from when she showed us at home.
Very proud of her hard work and subsequent progress!
The following referrals were issued in IAC Session 535 which was held on November 12, 2021:
1) US dossier from January 2018 referred a male child aged 2 years with features is health status
2) US dossier from November 2020 referred a female child aged 3 years and 2 months with features in health status and a family history
3) US dossier from October 2021 referred an identified waiting child
4) US dossier from November 2021 referred an identified waiting child
The following referrals were issued in IAC Session 536 which was held on November 18, 2021:
1) Italian dossier from May 2014 referred a male child aged 6 years and 7 months
2) US dossier from June 2018 referred a female child aged 4 years and 4 months with features in health status
3) Canadian dossier from April 2021 referred a female child aged 1 year and 3 months with features in health status
4) Italian dossier from August 2021 referred a female child aged 10 years and 11 months
5) US dossier from November 2021 referred an identified waiting child
The following referrals were issued in IAC Session 537 which was held on December 2, 2021:
1) French dossier from March 2020 referred a male child aged 10 years and 9 months
2) US dossier from March 2021 referred a female child aged 1 year and 8 months with features in health status
The following referrals were issued in IAC Session 538 which was held on December 9, 2021:
1) Canadian dossier from September 2015 referred a female child aged 1 year and 7 months with features in health status
2) French dossier from February 2018 referred a male child aged 10 years and 4 months with features in health status
3) US dossier from December 2018 referred a male child aged 1 year and 5 months with features in health status and a family history
She plays with dolls all the time. She likes to be a mommy and give care. She wears my clothes like an armor when she pretends to be me. But when you hear the words that accompany her play, you know that there's something different about her story, "Hi, little baby, I rescue you. I got you. Shhh, you are safe, it's okay. Come here, my love, I protect you."
*Note that as her parents, we do not use the word rescue when we discuss her adoption. This is solely her application of the term to interpret and express her personal history.*
