the sun comes up early here. around 5:20 right now...i've been told it will be closer to 4:15 once summer really kicks in. awesome. the reason it's so awesome is because the sun wakes up the birds. the birds are very loud and weird sounding here. then the birds wake up the puppies. then the puppies start barking and wrestling and frolicking about the yard...all loud like. which wakes up griffin and/or precious ella. it's a wonderful chain of events that takes place each and every morning. basically, once our morning reaches 9:30 a.m., we have accomplished what seems like an entire day's work. by 10 a.m. we are in need of lunch and a nap. sometimes ella even asks for a nap. i ask for a nap, too....but no one will put me down for one.
we just finished our 5th week of school. the kids have done extremely well with staying on their schedule and routine. i couldn't have asked for them to do any better. hudson's work is all on computer. his teacher in the states assigns him work everyday, and he is responsible to finish it and then upload it for the teacher to grade. he's doing great and making good grades. olivia is studying the underground railroad, the beginnings of the civil war, electricity, adverbs, etc. griffin is doing worksheet after worksheet that i print off of the internet. i'm hoping that all of this "worksheet loving" is pointing to him being an eager to learn student. those are always nice to have. ella loves doing the worksheets, too. she loves drawing....although she doesn't particularly like staying confined to coloring on just paper. she prefers to keep, "the whole house is my canvas" mentality. ella gets quite a few spankings these days. ella keeps me on my toes. ella keeps us all on our toes. she is a party looking for a place to happen. i want to squeeze her and kiss her and bite her a little. she's just so gooshy, and it brings it out in me....
olivia started ballet. it's going pretty well, and i can tell she is going to learn a lot with this teacher. it's pretty strict, much more so than where she was at before.... when she got into the car the other day, she said, "well, i can tell i'm going to do this to become really good at ballet, not to have fun." i thought that was a mature way to look at it. we will see how it goes. hudson is taking piano. olivia will take it too, but right now the teacher still has her on the recorder. i'm proud of them, they both practice most days....and i only have to tell them to once....sometimes twice....and sometimes they even practice the music that they are suppose to be practicing. yes, this is sarcasm.
it's gotten pretty busy here at the freeman household. between all that randy has going on, homeschooling, extra curricular activities, and church. life is different here. it's taken some getting use to....and it hasn't happened without many tears...mostly by me, not the kids. ok, pretty much all of the tears have been mine. sometimes i can laugh about it, and sometimes i can't. and sometimes i have to cry before i can laugh. i would be lying if i said it was easy. i miss my family, i miss my friends, i miss my food options in the states. i miss the library, i miss fall in texas, I MISS THE STATE FAIR! i miss everything so badly that i think i may even miss football a little. africa does strange things to a woman....
Hang in there girl!
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