Deg lost his first tooth!

We hit another benchmark...the loss of his first tooth. Think he understood about the tooth fairy??

Sami's hat

Hello everyone,

I've been checking in on blog from time to time. It's great to hear and see how the kids are doing.

Sami is doing really well overall. In the past 2 weeks he's really thrived. We went through some temper tantrums and we've been able to teach him (we think!) a better way of getting attention.

In the morning we're going to Ethiopian Community Association for the beginning of 6 sessions on Ethiopian culture and history. Sami will get to play with other recently adopted kids from Ethiopia and I'll be in the session. Febronio, my mom and sisters plan on attending some of the sessions too. They'll talk about Ethiopian diaspora in US also and include a cooking class. I'm really looking forward to classes.

In these pictures Sami is wearing a hat he made at day care. He's giving Febronio a kiss in one of them. Sorry they are a bit blurry, I need to improve my photography skills (and get a better camera...)

Sami loves his day care - He really loves my friend Lucia so that makes me very happy.

Hope you all have a great weekend. Hope to see you in the near future. Let me know if you'll be traveling to Chicago we'd love to see you.

All the best,

Jane

Goal!

Degefa scored his first soccer goal this past weekend.  He turned around and gave Scott 2 thumbs up!

Degefa!

Just a quick update on Degefa. He is still a really happy kid. Catching on to the flexibility of daily living...(i.e. one breakfast is enough...he doesn't have to eat every time a sibling wakes up and comes to the kitchen). He officially starts preschool tomorrow and I think he is very excited!

Frist Day Of School

Today everyone started school. Mitiku woke up early and was very excited to start. He had a great first day and looks forward to going back tomorrow.