School and Soccer

Soccer

These boys are fireballs! Of their team, they both put the more effort and focus into the game. They are awesome!

Package!

It's like Christmas. Thank you for the packages!!!!

School:

This is his school shirt. "Home of the Deer" WOW! They are encouraged to wear a school t-shirt everyday if possible. It's a public school so they can't require uniforms.

We were a little nervous to see how Luke would do in a new school, But he's going great! He seems very happy after school. We love his teacher. She's from Washington State. She has been teaching here for 4 years. She happens to be the only other Caucasian person in Luke's classroom. He doesn't seem to even notice that he is the minority. There are 18 kids in his class. They are mostly Filipino, local islanders, and a few Asians. The teacher has done a great job training the class. Luke is learning responsibility, and I'm practicing not hovering. My favorite part about the school is that they have a virtue of the week. Luke also takes 30 minutes of Chamorro lessons a day. That is the local language. He likes it and they teach him the history of the island.

Luke likes to trace pictures right now. This is a bat.

Gabe:

I started a Co-Op preschool with 2 other moms here. At first, Gabe was very grumpy and disappointed that he wasn't going to a "real" preschool. But lately his tune has changed. He really likes the other mothers and his favorite part of school is Mandarin lessons. The mom teaching Gabe says he is a natural learner of speaking Chinese. He knows all his letters and sounds. He is working on writing his lower case letters and pre-reading. He loves homework. He demands homework when Luke is doing his.

Clark is a sponge. The kid is learning so fast. He knows all his colors and shapes and some letters. He like preschool too. He is also learning Chinese and the ladies in Nursery speak Filipino to him. I also had a mom that wants to trade me piano lessons for Spanish lessons. A language that would actually be useful when we get back to Idaho. He has noticed the different languages everywhere. We where visiting a Filipino couple from church, and as he was talking to them he suddenly declared, "I speak Spanish. HOLA!" He's been watching to much Dora. He's still so cute and I can't believe he will be turning 3 in three months.

Scuba diving date! I held another octopus. It was so fun!