language school

Second day of language school and I'm feeling happy and confident. With our last language we never had the luxury of school, so having this time to learn and make mistakes. I'm not getting the daily practice that the homework says (15 talking partners a day, at least 5 new) but I'm getting some good potty training done for @. I think that should count for something.

@ has gotten so that he goes everytime in the right spot so long as his pants are left off. Got to work on the pulling down part.

This is a photo from a few days ago at the local dept. store. The grocery area on the 5th floor has a game area. @ gets a ride after we're done with the shopping and then he can sit on as many of them as he wants. Its something like .20 cents so I'm ok with splurging on that. The dept. store is a pretty freaky place otherwise. Really loud and really oddly laid out.

More photos over at Not as Daily.

the view from the door

Sorry this has taken so long to get up. Between no power and no internet we've been kind of in a bind. I think we are getting things worked out now, although we are back to life with slow internet.

This is what we see outside our house. Its going to be a branch campus of the Muslim University in town. The building is finished we think but it looks like they are still working on the fence and the gates. No students yet. It really is a lovely building though. We expect our road to get busier this summer.

This is a shot from our hotel room in Singapore. We always take a family picture from our hotel rooms, not sure why. I suppose because we always feel its something of a miracle when we finally get to a place we can rest in the midst of travel. I'll post a few more pictures from Singapore and Taipei over at Not as daily.