wow, 3 months! Sometimes I sit and just look at her pretty little face and think, wow! she's in our home! she's officially ours! it's so surrreal sometimes! Her English is coming along surprisingly well considering the amount of Chinglish that occurs in our house. She frequently will say things like "Wo yao water" (I want water) but then sometimes she amazes me, especially at her understanding! This morning I said (completely in english) "Halle can you get Min Hao's toothbrush please?" And about 15 seconds later she was back with it! Tuesday she started Chinese preschool. She'll go 3 days a week from 8:30-3:00 so I can teach at school. They say she's very well behaved there but doesn't talk much. I wonder if it's because she's shy because she's new (because she certainly isn't shy any other time!) or if being around all chinese speaking all day after 3 months of english and chinglish. hm... Let's see....her counting is coming along. She likes to say "1,2,3, 7,8,7,8,7,8..." Min Hao of course likes to show off his superior knowledge whenever he gets the chance and is quick to correct her and count to 10 properly! :) Those two! Halle has also recently taken to soccer balls, which I LOVE!!! when we first got her she wanted nothing to do with balls. so resignation set in that she'll probably not be athletic. however, thanks to beautiful weather and Decathalon having everything we need, she now loves baseball (which ALL the kids are now crazy about) and badminton and soccer.
This weekend we went to a friends house where they put make-up on Halle. boy, did she adore that!
One more thing, and this cracks me up because if you know my wonderful husband he is not detail oriented to things of a girly nature and yet, yesterday he said "wow, halle's hair is sure getting longer". I am so impressed by him :) and yes, he is right. and i love her hair- it doesn't tangle!
So, in conclusion, we are so thankful for our exceedingly stubborn and yet wonderfully athletic, busy, smart little cookie that God has blessed us with :)
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