She may look like she's off to see the wizard, but she's off to preschool! Our little girl had her first day today, and we thank all of you who prayed for her. She was very excited to go, and just a little distressed at our leaving. She didn't cry, which was wonderful because that would have been very hard for Mommy! She had a good day, and the teachers reported that she was happy. We picked her up after her lunch of Thai food, which she'll eat every day that she's there. Best of all, she's excited about going back tomorrow! It will be a tremendous learning curve for her as she adjusts to being surrounded by a language she doesn't understand, but we're praying that she will quickly begin to integrate it and be able to teach us a thing or two about speaking Thai! Doesn't she look adorable in her uniform? We think we might have stumbled onto the school with the cutest uniforms in all of Bangkok.She's going to the school where I'm teaching English on Thursday mornings, so it's such a blessing to know the teachers and feel really comfortable with the environment. When we arrived this morning, one of the students immediately came to me and hugged me, which is one of the major advantages of being a teacher! And several of Emmy's classmates said, "Good morning" as they wai-ed to me, which is proof positive that they're getting something out of my instruction!
Obviously, she has a height advantage and will be a real asset to the preschool basketball team...
With one of her teachers and a very serious fellow student...
Here's Tim (in the driver's seat) ready to pull out in our newest blessing- a vehicle! It's a minivan-ish type of car that seats seven, and we're so grateful to have it. It has been truly amazing to see how God has provided perfectly in the areas of preschool and a vehicle, down to the detail of providing the car just in time for the drive to school on the first day. Adjusting to driving on the other side of the road and with much looser traffic patterns is our next adventure!
The kiddos enjoying the luxury of carseats- hooray!
And, not to be outdone...while Sister was at school learning all sorts of exciting things, Brother was at home working on his numbers.
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Those uniforms are darling. I can't wait to hear how quickly Emmy starts learning to speak Thai. And I can't tell you how happy it makes me to see the children in their carseats! :)
So glad Emmy's first day went so well! And hooray for the minivan! You guys look great!
those are uniforms!? they are precious and i love the photo of emmy with the other 2 girls. i'm so happy that things are falling into place with you teaching and emmy's school...and then a car! God provides! what a blessing.
Adorable!!! Emmy, I'm so proud of you!
i'm happy for you guys! glad things are going well with school, car, doctor, etc.
Praise God for your car! Now you can pick up one of Emmy's new friends from her awesome school and all go to Target and make me proud (or the Thai equivalent of Target, but really is there a substitute?:))
Do not worry about language adn Emmy, she will pick it up so fast you will be jealous. Grace has just reached the year mark of being in pre-school and she is now correcting our German. It is quite funny! We miss you guys! Big Hugs!
We so need those uniforms here in Texas schools! They are precious :)
Emmy is going to have a big time with all her new friends in school. It will be good for all of you. Love the photo of Tim the chauffer too. Congrats on the vehichle.
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The uniform is so incredibly adorable!
Whoa. I forgot about driver's side being on the other side. I STILL find myself looking the wrong way first here...oops.
Lots of exciting things going on...teaching at the preschool, going to preschool, learning numbers, and driving a car in Bangkok!
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