After our visit we explored the outdoors. She naturally wanted to play school - I was the student and she was the teacher. She explained to me in so many words where the bathroom was, where to put my lunch, backpack and snack bag and to always walk in the halls - skipping and running is for outside play. And as we sat in the bleachers of an empty baseball field i managed to sneakily pull my camera out to record some of our conversation....the best little clip was the end of our conversation....enjoy....
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
i think i'm ready
After a quick visit to her new classroom a mama's heart and mind was put to rest. Yes she was a little anxious (so was i) but once she was in her room and checking out her space i could feel both our shoulders relax a bit and big smiles emerged. In the past few weeks Isabelle has been really starting to come out and share herself with others. I have had two parents come up to me beaming - "we just had a whole conversation!"...in the last month of school she talked to all three of her teachers (saving one for the very last day...). And today...to top it all off with a cherry we sat and played with play dough and Isabelle's new teacher asked her what she was making and she said (drum roll)...."a flower...and now i'm squishing the flower". I nearly wept. Seriously.
After our visit we explored the outdoors. She naturally wanted to play school - I was the student and she was the teacher. She explained to me in so many words where the bathroom was, where to put my lunch, backpack and snack bag and to always walk in the halls - skipping and running is for outside play. And as we sat in the bleachers of an empty baseball field i managed to sneakily pull my camera out to record some of our conversation....the best little clip was the end of our conversation....enjoy....
After our visit we explored the outdoors. She naturally wanted to play school - I was the student and she was the teacher. She explained to me in so many words where the bathroom was, where to put my lunch, backpack and snack bag and to always walk in the halls - skipping and running is for outside play. And as we sat in the bleachers of an empty baseball field i managed to sneakily pull my camera out to record some of our conversation....the best little clip was the end of our conversation....enjoy....
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oh girl... i am crying all over again. oh life!!!!!!!! she is so strong and ready. and so are you!
ReplyDeleteI was thinking about you and Isabelle all morning! How they have grown! Maggie loved seeing the little video, and wants to Skype soon! We will be gathering up ALL the Isabelle letters to send in one big package...along with some money from Maggie's piggy bank I hear..."so Isabelle can buy a plane ticket to come visit Moscow again."
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