The Fancy Dog and the Crazy Cat

This morning both girls woke up very early with the time change -- Wendy came into our room to find Happy at about 4:30! But they did go on to sleep a little longer and then went out to the living room for a little early morning TV. When I came out at 7, they were both engrossed in drawing and for Fer, in writing as well. She drew a detailed picture of a dog, and then wrote a whole story in quite fluent English about this "fancy dog" and an adventure involving a teddy bear found in the park. Wendy, not to be outdone, drew a "crazy cat" and then dictated to me her story about the cat and his brother and their time playing in the mud! It is just amazing how much English they have learned and watching them create these stories brought home to me even more how they have grown and changed in the almost-year since they have been with us. We are coming up to our one-year anniversary since they arrived for good -- December 4. What a difference a year makes!