Summary
Lumi has mostly had a great month. We have had a lot of visitors, and Lumi usually enjoys that.
Lumi has mostly had a great month. We have had a lot of visitors, and Lumi usually enjoys that.
She is subtly growing more rational and it's wonderful. She can be quite kind and considerate when she is in a good mood.
8.11 Ola's birthday party, swim class
11.11 accompanied Otso to helsestasjon
14.11 visit Pedro
15.11 suomi kerho, swim class
17-21.11 josh visiting
22.11 ice skating with Toni, swim class
27-29.11 visit from Diego and Gemma (and parents!)
29.11 swim class
8.11 we were told her Norwegian now sounds like Oslo dialect.
It's hard to report monthly progress on this because the development is subtle. But she seems to be doing great (except sometimes speaking to Kimmo in English).
6.11 she saw a picture of a little girl refugee, called her "beautiful", and was interested to hear more. it was a good moment. i tried to explain the loss of home, etc. i'm not sure how much sank in.
She is starting to branch out socially at barnehage and plays with other kids.
9.11 we had a meeting with the barnehage teachers to discuss her development. apparently lumi is doing just fine (except for occasional bouts of stubbornness, which we are definitely aware of), and comfortable. she speaks norwegian with the other kids, and sometimes english with her teachers. she loves to do the bead activities and sing.
we had a really nice visit with Gemma & family. Lumi and Gemma had a great time together.
8.11 more progress at swim class! due to the teacher's urging, she is trying to not hold her nose when she dives or jumps in. she also practiced swimming underwater and also on her back (and kept herself easily afloat for 5 seconds on her back; it looked much more smooth than the doggie paddling).
She is better than she used to be about trying new things, but she still isn't a great eater at meal times.
Nothing to report here and we are grateful about that.
size: 110 (5T) in most clothes. 28 shoe. She is skinny but getting taller.
height: 107 cm on 11.11
weight: 16.7 kg on 11.11
8.11 on the way back from swim class she saw an evening gown in a window and said she wanted it. i asked where she would go with it and she replied, "I would wear it to a birthday party...to a grown-up's birthday party!"
L: Otso, should we play together?
O: Yeah! Play together!
And they trotted off to the living room.
24.11 she is delighted by "Open your mouth and close your eyes, and you will get a big surprise" followed by a cookie shoved in her mouth.
1.12: she had just found otso's special Mickey Mouse and he was very happy. Lumi said "it's nice to make someone happy because happy is not so loud."
It's wonderful to read these things!!!! Glad she is happy, as that makes others happy, too! Love, Grandma
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