S is for Super...

It's not every day that your kid comes home from school telling you that tomorrow the class is going into the woods for lunch, or that today she taught her classmates how to play 4 Square in a combination of Norwegian and English. We knew when we were planning this trip that the kids might have some trouble assimilating, and we were dead wrong. From the second day here, Sara was attending the local Norwegian school and had made friends by the time she walked home. She was fearless and speaking Norwegian to her teachers and friends as best she could. With all of the new things to learn, we worried that she'd be too tired to do her American schoolwork on line, as going to school all day and then working on line at night is a lot even for adults. The on line program is new to her, and she can be easily frustrated sometimes. We expected bad grades, or, worse, missing assignments. Turns out we are the ones who can't assimilate. Sara is doing exceptionally well in American school, with only As and high Bs and a chance of getting all As if she keeps it up. She is quite popular with her Norwegian classmates and is speaking more Norwegian every day. We are in awe of our amazing daughter!