Homework

In Social Studies they are learning about timelines. Daniel's homework this week was to do a timeline about himself and tomorrow he is supposed to get up in front of the class and tell everyone about it. We were practicing tonight. How cute is this.......

If the video isn't showing up (technical difficulties) - here is a link to it on you tube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WN14rcWxmw

One of the interesting things about this video is that, in person Daniel's stutter is really getting bad. Having a conversation with him can be painful at times. You can see the vein popping out on the side of his neck as he strains to get a word out. But, it comes and goes. Sometimes he speaks as clear as a bell. Like in this video - I don't think he stuttered one time! I don't get it. We are hoping if we ignore it, it will just go away. If not, we will have to get some speech therapy. It seems like it will go away, because it disappears often but as soon as we think it's gone - there it is!

Bowling and SNOW

We had a wonderful, magical, fabulous Christmas!! We just took the tree down yesterday (yikes!) so we streched it out as long as we could. Daniel was so excited and it was really sweet to see. We also enjoyed our 2 weeks off school!! Jason and I had some time off work so we could have fun as a family. We took Daniel bowling! Finally an activity where he can throw and not get in trouble. What could be better? These are the only 2 good pictures - the rest were just a BLUR. He was running back and forth the entire time...

Then he went back to school and we had a big SNOWSTORM and a day off!!! He was really happy. We were looking out the window at the snow and he said, 'Thank you Santa for snow!' I told him that God sent the snow - not Santa! He thought that we were going to have Christmas again, since there was snow. He couldn't believe we have to wait an entire year for Christmas again. The sadness was quickly alleviated by his first snow sledding experience. It was great! We went down to the big hill at the park and when I sat on that sled with him and looked down that hill my first thought was - I am too old for this! We really flew down the hill. I don't know if Daniel or Mom had more fun! The next day Pop was on deck for sledding and I was able to get some pictures....

We are having such fun. It seems like each new day brings a new adventure. Daniel is doing fantastically well in school. We are so amazed at how smart he is. He is still testing us and standing in the corner as needed. (and whoa - what a stubborn streak!) He's not perfect, but neither are we. We're figuring this parenting thing out as we go.

He has picked up a bit of a stutter, but we're hoping that will fade away over time. I read that 2 or 3 year olds will often pick up a 'psuedo stutter' as they are learning to talk. We are hoping the same applies as he is learning English and it will not become a permanent thing. Over the break we had our follow up evaluation at the International Adoption Center and they were very pleased with his progress - physically and developmentally. He is a bit behind, but has made great strides and everything is on track.