Slava Season

Slava and his "new" new glasses. Yup, he broke the first pair. When I brought them in to have them fixed I did order a 2nd pair, but this time I selected different frames to accommodate bigger lenses. I'm hoping this will help Slava look through the lenses instead of under them or over them. It's sort of comical how he wanders through the house with his nose in the air while he looks under the lenses to see where he's going. Speaking of noses, I taught him how to "nose kiss" and now he loves to rub noses with me!
Here we're reading books before bed. I've always read to all the kids, but lately the only one getting read to is Slava. He loves to look at books and remembers the pictures and what's happening on each page. He's such a smart boy. He knows how to turn on the microwave and the washing machine too...not that we want him to know this! One thing he's not good at...obeying, especially the word "no"! Mr. Slava is still a lot of work. His English vocabulary grows daily and he's no longer using the bad word these days. We've been home exactly 2 months today. God is so faithful because some of the issues we dealt with those first few weeks are now just a bad memory. Every day he makes progress in all areas and we just love him tons.

Last night Wayne and I had to leave to go to a home school meeting. We are chapter leaders for Coxsackie Area Leah (Loving Education At Home). Slava didn't want me to leave. I had to promise to "come back". He was asleep when I got home, but when he saw me this morning he acted pleased to see me and said, "Ah, Mama. Good." It was nice to get out to the meeting even if we had to endure the frigid freeze to get there. I'm always encouraged by spending time with other home school moms.

I've noticed that Slava gets all the attention in my blog posts these days. I guess it's obvious that we're in the "Slava Season"! In future posts I plan to give updates on all the kids.