We recently learned that orphans are considered bad luck in many of the schools in China. Children with facial disfigurements are also considered bad luck. :-( Parents there don't really want their child sitting next to a bad luck child in school! Somehow Joshua seems to know that?
I had toyed with the idea of homeschooling him this first year, both to keep working on attachment, and to get to know his learning style better. But nooo.... this is a child who wants too much to be able to attend a real school! ;-D How humbled we are that WE have the opportunity to do this small thing for him.
Joshua did successfully have minor surgery on 8/26. And outside of 2 scrapes that tried to go into skin breakdown in his Port Wine Stain area, he has been VERY healthy the 8 months he has been in the US so far :-). We're waiting to hear on a second opinion on his Port Wine Stain complications later this month, but are VERY thankful that he is doing so very well right now :-). He is delayed in fine and gross motor skills, but then most orphanage kids seem to be.
And so hubby and I wind down for a much needed 3 day weekend after a longggg 5 days of getting 2-3 kids up and off to school on time, and 1 up and off to work a couple of those days. This year, we have a child graduated from HS 3 months ago, one just starting HS, one in 5th grade, and Joshua in K. We're never bored here! ;-D
