Week 2 Settling in

It is week 2 on the teaching exchange and having survived the snow of week 1, the only weather idiosyncracy to report this week is scraping ice from the front and side wind shields almost every morning. The classes I'm teaching are great the students are all hard at work and are understanding of the gaps in my knowledge. I'm happy to say that kids are kids the world over and that has made the transition between my Aussie students to my American students relatively easy. Tess is a little out of sorts a head cold and irratic sleeping and eating patterns. Ann-Marie is tired and more than a bit concerned. We are both hoping she will settle down soon. The big news is that yesterday she had her first solid food ever. I tasted it and I can understand why some kids revert to eating paste, as it is not disimilar in texture and lack of taste. Ann-Marie will write more about this. Tess is still counting bathtime as the highlight of her day and relatively she is handling the dramatic change in her lifestyle very well.