abby's last day of pre-school was friday...she is so excited for "summer break" (what does that even mean to a 4-year-old!??) and even for "homework" (aka homeschool) next year.i have to admit i was a little sad to see it end, i've been so thankful for what the Lord has accomplished in abby through this school year...her mongolian is amazing...she is so much happier being able to communicate with people. she has faced some difficult things but come through them stronger and i love that about her (though the momma in me always wanted to wisk her away from them all).there were no end-of-the-year celebrations, but i did get a picture of abby and her teacher, zaya bagsh:
the following is just a portion of my job description over the past month:
1. potty-training a boy's boy: complete with the cleaning up of puddles in movie stores and fishing cell phones out of toilets. (ok i'll confess i was absent for the movie store incident...but the cell-phone escapade more than made up for it)2. joining a 2 1/2-year-old in waving bye-bye to little poos that actually made it into the potty as they circle the drain.3. refereeing countless nit-picky fights, most of which eventually include the whining drone of "moooooomma...cj's gonna' hit me"4. endlessly repeating the words "cj...don't hit your sister with ________ (one can realistically fill in the blank with a myriad of material objects including, but not restricted to: toys, cooking utensils, cell phones recently fished out of toilets)5. completing aforesaid disciplinary cycle by clocking countless hours waiting for the "time-out" buzzer to ring and explaining (again) why beating our loved ones over the head is unacceptable.
6. painting a kitchen to cover over various works of "art" and reminders of juice spills...accomplishing that task to abby's, "momma, it's SOOOO beauuuuuutiful" (did i mention i painted it WHITE!?...such an encourager.)
7. forgetting the "grind" of the everyday at the sight of cj watching "poo-panda" and demonstrating his kun-fu greatness in the living room...hai-YA....or abby sharing one of her animated narrations in intricate detail. feeling a small sense of accomplishment when i hear "nuv you abbee...i love you too cj"...or two little voices singing praise songs from the other room...(moments before another fight breaks out... :)
