Another first day at a new school

Does anyone else feel like the movie "Splash" may have given us false expectations for second language acquisition?? Even though I had my own personal years of struggling with learning Spanish as a second language, I still fell back on the lessons I learned from Madison (was that her name?) about learning English by watching TV for a few days in a television store. I was under the impression that Angie's young sponge-like mind would absorb English in a few months if not hours, just by being around it, listening to some Switchfoot, and watching movies with subtitles. Uh, no. Anyone want to join me in a class action suit against "Splash" for pain and suffering due to false expectations?

Today, Angie started her third of four new schools in as many years. She might as well be a military brat. We've worked our tails off trying to get her English to where it needs to be, and then homeschooling her the first semester of third grade in three weeks, but it paid off. As a huge answer to prayer, she was able to start at the Santa Cruz Christian Learning Center today, popping into the middle of their third grade school year. It's gonna be a difficult transition for her, as it's an English school and her English still leaves something to be desired, but we think a necessary transition for her to make now instead of later.

To add to the nervous jitters of starting yet another new school, in a new language, we found out she needed to be vaccinated. A reasonable enough request I suppose, but we have absolutely no records of any vaccines for her, she remembers getting them, but has no proof. So, we went to the doctor last night and asked them to start from scratch. She nervously giggled the whole way through, what a trooper.

Leaving school this afternoon she was smiling from ear to ear, laughing with her new friend, and bubbling over with stories like how her teacher went to help her with an assignment on the verb "to be", but she had already finished it. Thanks for all your prayers and support in this journey, keep the prayers coming, I doubt she'll have computers and P.E. everyday to keep things so light and fun.