Splash Park

Mom went back to work this week. If I thought I didn't have time before, I reeeally don't have any time now. Yikes! It was an easy return to work because Jason was off this week so Daniel could spend the week bonding with Papa. It was good for them to have more time together. They had a great week!

We went to visit Klondike Elementary School this afternoon. That's where Daniel will be attending Kindergarten in the fall. They have a great English as a Second Language (ESL) program there and we met the principal and the ESL teacher. They were both great and we think he will be really happy there. The ESL teacher was amazed by the amount of English Daniel already has and how eager he was to learn. She was showing us some of their materials and he sat right down and started pointing out all of the things he knows. It was great!

We continue to be amazed by how quickly he is picking up English. His comprehension is really great. He knows what we are saying most of the time. And he is constantly asking me what things are, and repeating things. He will come over to me and say, 'Mom, what you doing?' It is so cute! He is learning not just words but phrases too. He will say: Let's Go!, Come on!, Just a minute, Daniel sleepy. He can sing the song from Mickey Mouse clubhouse, count to 20, spell his name (while mom writes it out), he knows about 30 different animals, the list just goes on and on. We are so proud!

This afternoon we went to the splash park at the zoo. It was his first time there and he had a GREAT time! He was a little timid at first, but with Papa's encouragement he found out how fun it could be. They had a fountain that the kids could pull a lever on to shoot out water. Every time you pulled the lever, the water came out in a different spot. He was so intrigued with it and spent lots of time there. He paid close attention and learned the pattern so he could run when it was going to squirt him. He knew where it was going to squirt next and tried to get Papa to stand there. It was so cute!