The Bryan Family

90 Seconds with Ellie - Episode 14

Eleanor’s first prayer.

Children’s English class on Sunday January 31st.

As we were trying to leave for Wednesday night Bible study, we called for Ellie to come to the door.  Instead of coming to the door, she ran into our room and came out with Neale’s hat on backwards on her head.  I asked if she was now ready, and she raised her hand and said “Ready!”

I have started back my Children’s English class on Sunday afternoons.  I teach from 2:30 until about 4:00, and had 23 students this past Sunday.  They ranged in age from 3 to 11. I had 2 new children and the rest were returning from last year’s classes.  There were 10 children that belonged to some Christians here at Somprasong, while the rest (13) were from non-Christian families. (most of their parents work along the street where the church building is located).  Last year I taught two separate classes for an hour each, but since the older children were joining in with the younger students I just combined both classes for one class.  I believe the class went pretty well.  (Probably as good as can be expected with 23 children who speak very little or no English.)

We sang a few songs (I found some free songs that are specifically used for teaching English to children…www.dreamenglish.com), and then I taught them a short Bible lesson.  This was the only time in the class that both Thai and English was used.  We learned about the first day of creation..God made light.  I also taught them light/dark  day/night as well as on/off, and we talked about the letter Oo.  I split them off into two groups (older children who can already read/write in English, and the younger children).  They each did an activity with Oo before class was over.

Just like Daddy.

90 Seconds with Ellie - Episode 13

It’s very hard to believe that Ellie is 6 months away from 2!  She looks more and more like a little girl everyday, and she amazes me how much she learns each day.  This month she had to go back to the doctor for another vaccine.  She had her DTPa/IPV/HIB booster this month.  She doesn’t have to go back until June for her Hepatitis A vaccine.

At the doctor’s office, Ellie weighed 9.7 kilos and was 81.5 cm tall.  That is approximately 21 pounds and 32 inches.  She is slightly below average with her weight, but is above average with her height.

She now has 13 teeth, and it seems like a few are trying to come in.  She also has started showing interest in her potty.  She has only actually gone twice in her potty, but she sits on it several times during the day.  She had also learned that by saying “potty” that she gets to go inside the bathroom.

She is talking all the time now..saying words that we didn’t know that she knew.  She also repeats any word that you say to her (or tries to).  She speaks mostly in English now (except for nok (bird) and naang (sit)), but is quickly picking up more Thai words.

She loves to point out and name her body parts..especially her elbow and eyebrow.  Just recently she has started counting all the way to 10 (she usually skips 4 and 8) in both English and Thai.

We are still not sleeping through the night yet, but I’m sure that won’t last forever..right?  Maybe one day I’ll be able to sleep again.

Ellie and Mommy

Story Time with Ellie #2