Preschool

Vera started preschool at the beginning of January. We had previously had a woman that came to our home and watched her in the afternoons while I went to the orphanage. Well, I got tired of having someone else here everyday, so we decided instead to have Vera attend a Chinese preschool in the mornings. She goes for three hours four mornings a week and loves it! She comes home each day repeating Chinese phrases while she plays, obviously something she heard someone say that day. Soon, her Chinese is going to be better than mine!

I'm REALLY enjoying having the house to myself again. We've tried several times since moving here to hire someone to help with Vera and housework so that I can have a little time at the orphanage, and each time I feel the same way...THRILLED when they're gone! I could write a whole post about that. I'll save you from having to hear! Anyway, I really LOVE cleaning my own house. I love that for the two mornings that I don't go to the orphanage, I can have some time alone in a quiet home. I feel so much more refreshed, my house feels so much more clean, and I feel like I've got more energy and desire to do fun things with Vera after her afternoon nap.

Here are a couple of pictures from her first day at school.

Walking out the door...


















She was the second child there her first day. Didn't make for a very good picture. There are about 12 kids in her class.


















After coming home... "Oh, I'm exhausted!"