One year gone, and I thought I'd update this blog again. There is no way I can cover everything we've done in the last year, but here are some highlights.

Isabelle has started kindergarten! Yeah, she's 5, and did pretty well at preschool. She really enjoys kindergarten. They do lots of singing and movements and of course the random art project. She's learning the alphabet, or relearning it actually, with a big interactive mode called zoophonics. http://www.zoo-phonics.com/ One night last week, Isabelle, and her class mostly, put on a show as they all sang a song and did hand guestures matching the letter/animal. They also performed a good morning song and a couple of interactive social greeting songs. Then came the finger food and play time outside. That got David very excited to go to kindergarten next year!

Speaking of David, he is now in preschool, which he started during the summer, and he loves it. I think he mostly plays on the swings, but every now and then he brings home some art that he made or tells us about story time. We're waiting to see what activities he gets involved in during the rainy season.



The kids are continuing their swim lessons, and doing very well. Isabelle is in level 4 of 10. ( 10 is equal to competitive swimming) She's swimming freestyle over 15 feet (4.5 m), jumps in, and can reach to the bottom of the pool to grab toys. She also swims on her back, and is currently learning to do an 'otter' roll. David can also swim 15 ft, when he really wants to, and is learning to swim on his back. He's prety good, but not quite at the level that he can do both by himself. David gets SOOOOO excited just to be in the pool, sometimes he just splashes and jumps around wih his classmates so that no lessons are taught, nor practiced. Davis is at a level 3, which is kinda a really dangerous level, as he'll jump right in a pool, but then only be able to swim a few feet before needing help.



We've moved to a new house, which is a bit bigger, and has a better layout. We're also right next door to a park. Unfortunatley, David has had a bad dream with something being right outside his window, and he now has frequent dreams about that same topic. Anyone have any ideas how to help kids get over recurring scary thoughts?