Susanna's Preschool

For the last couple of months, I've had the privilege of taking Susanna to a local preschool program for 2 year olds two mornings a week.

Moms (or grand-parents) attend with their children and help them do teacher-directed activities such as singing, painting, exercises, and motor skill building exercises.

Susanna loves it, and is learning so quickly--already counting, singing songs, and saying phrases in the language. It's been good for our friendships with locals too.


























Most of the moms and grand-parents who bring the kids stay afterwards and let the kids play on the playground for an hour or so after class, so it's a great chance to get to know people better. Seven of Susanna's classmates live in the complex we lived in last year, so it's been fun to see the babies who used to sit outside on their grandma's knees grow into toddlers who now play and learn together at preschool.

This is one of the grandmas we know well from our old apartment complex, Auntie Wang, who befriended us not long after we arrived.












This photo on the right is her holding Susanna with her grandson on her back. I posted it on our blog in March of last year. Now she's holding Emily, who's the same age Susanna was when we first met, and Susanna and her grandson are classmates!






A few weeks ago was a national holiday, Children's Day, which the school celebrated by having each class do a short performance for the parents. Susanna's class was so cute--the girls wore ballerina skirts and the boys wore sashes, and all wore little bunny hats and tails.








We moms led our little "bunnies" out and helped them perform their dance. Susanna had fun and was so proud of her outfit, but she was even more excited about the little cake they gave each student as their gift for Children's Day!




























Unfortunately, it was so crowded that Dave and Caleb could hardly see anything during the performance!

But Caleb was determined to see as much as possible, though, so he ended up climbing to the top of the playground equipment to see over the crowd!










It's always a joy to see our kids loving other people, and other people enjoying our kids. Susanna's little heart is so open to those around her--it's always a great reminder to us to love and give with the faith of a child.