August Activities

We were busy this past month with end-of-the- summer activities. Larissa participated in a back-to-school fashion show at Nordstrom, and suprisingly was willing to do it! See the picture at on the side? That's her walking down the runway wearing an outfit she picked out herself! I have no intention of having her become a child model, but I think it helps her self-confidence to participate in activities like this. What a great girl!

Larissa started Kindergarten! She LOVES school, and is having so much fun making new friends, and playing with her previous friends from preschool. That's her with her Kindergarten teacher below.

It's only been one week, but we haven't had any problems waking her each morning. For those of you who don't know us and our schedule, Larissa and I are night owls. Prior to starting Kindergarten, she and I were going to bed each night around 1:00 or 2:00 am. She would then wake up around 10:00 am and proceed with her usual activities. Now that she is in the AM session of Kindergarten, we have to get her to bed by midnight, and wake her up at 7:00 am. What gets her motivated? The thought of watching her favorite TV show (Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman - a PBS kid reality show) that we recorded at 12:30 am the night before! I know...I know...I shouldn't let our child watch TV, but we need something to get her up!

Other random items:

Larissa now has her TaeKwonDo yellow belt, and will hopefully be testing for her yellow-advanced belt later this month.

In addition to taking her weekly ballet and tap lessons, Larissa is now enrolled in Bollywood dance lessons. (She saw the movie: The Cheetah Girls - One World, and decided she wanted to dance like the girls in the movie...)

Roger and I are still waiting for our referral. To date, expedited families with LID's up to December 2006 have been matched. No expedited families were matched in the August batch, so hopefully, the January 2007 LID's will get their referrals in the September batch!