Well, we have some very exciting news. They phoned from the Russian kindergarten to say that they have a place for Josh!! He will of course join the Latvian speaking group... Aivis felt that the people working in that kindergarten were very friendly when he signed up on the waiting list a year and a half ago! Everything has come just at the right time, because Josh has not been ready to go to kindergarten until now (maybe he is not even totally ready yet - but don't all kids have to go through that yelling phase when their parents leave them alone? I know I did - for the first day!)
They are doing some repairs to the building at the moment, but from around the 20th of this month he will start to go. We will probably start gradually and see how he takes to it.
This will be a real step to independence...
Other things to note, he has suddenly got into drawing - holding the pens quite well and doing quite detailed scribbles. Until now he didnt want to have anything to do with drawing... He loves glue sticks and wants to glue everything... and he is a jumping addict - I remember a time when I looked at Sian who was always jumping and thought that Josh would never be able to do it - now he is happiest when jumping - or playing his guitar.
The other day I thought about how speeds change. The speed at which Josh can do things. I remember calculating that to get from the bottom of our stairs to our flat (4 storeys) took Josh at least 7 minutes when he started to walk. Now he can nearly do it faster than me, striding one step per leg up the stairs. I was reflecting that when his legs will get longer he will really be able to do those stairs faster than me!
The last thing is keys! Josh is very proficient at opening our front door. He is always asking for the keys when we come in the building. He gets the big key the right way up and can also turn it. He always has to ring the doorbell first! (Aivis created this tradition!). Then when he gets in, he has to put the light on and then lock the door again! He already understands the power of a key!
