Tetyana and Luke were invited over to some very sweet friends house this afternoon to play. Luke did great playing with all of the girly stuff while the girls got acquainted. It was a great chance for us to see what kind of toys Tetyana likes to play with. I would have to say she loved dressing the American Girls, playing with all of Taylors jewelry and especially their cute new puppy, Marley. Thank you so much Kibler family for having us today and we look forward to the next playdate in the near future!
We took Tetyana to her new school today to find out what we need to do to get her enrolled. Our plan was to keep her home until the fall but the school thought it would be a great idea to enroll her as soon as possible when there was not any pressure of academic performance and she could be with peers. I do know children learn better and faster from kids their own age. So as soon as we get her to the doctor we will enroll her in school. The year ends June 4th so it will just be a short time. She seemed happy to be there and warmed up to the woman who gave us the tour very quickly.
Get this, when we were inquiring about what services she would need an administrator there says "Oh, my neighbor, who is my best friend is from Ukraine. Let me call her and see if she could meet with all of us and help us figure out where Tetyana is academically." Can you believe our luck!!!! So she called her right then and put Tetyana on the phone for her to have someone speak to her and just say hello in Ukrainian! Isn't that great! She gave us her numbers in case we needed anything or Tetyana just wanted to talk with someone!
Tomorrow we are calling our stateside facilitator so he can ask Tetyana some questions for us. We plan to video tape them so we can show her later how she spoke Ukrainian and how she was feeling in the early days. I hope she says she likes us!
Monday, April 21, 2008
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Michelle,
Please let me know if you ever need to talk. I have been in your shoes. Bringing in a new sibling is never easy, but bringing in an older one who doesn't speak out language is extra hard.
Reading your comments about Luke's hard time just brings back that type of pain to me. The days get easier, patience is key but is also the most complicated emotion to get a handle on in this type of situation.
It's never as easy as it seems like it should be, but nothing worth having is ever easy..who knows that better than a parent, right?
My thoughts are with you during these beginning weeks and months. I'm serious, if you need to bend an ear, I'm here.
Rhissa
I know she adores you!!!
It's wonderful that the school had connections with someone from Ukraine and it's great she'll be able to get started some this year. I think she'll love the time with other kids. Leeza can't wait to go to preschool and is frustrated on the days she doesn't have it.
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