The Force wil be with you, Lorren.... always.

One of the forseeable consequences of moving to China was Lorren would miss regular preschool.  The international school has a preschool, but it's insanely expensive.  My company will only pay for school beginning at age 5.  So we planned to be without.  Theresa made us a preschool activity box that Chessie could use with Lorren to start the learning process, and we would just work a little harder to make the appropriate social connections.

Chessie and I considered putting him in a Chinese preschool we could afford.  Then an opportunity arose.  Chessie was asked to volunteer as the nurse at the international school.  In exchange, Lorren gets to attend the K-3 class on Mon, Wed, and Fri mornings.  He was so excited about starting school.  Here is a photo of Lorren with his teacher, Miss Xiong (pronounced SHONG).  He gave her a flower for National Teacher Day.

Lorren is a Star Wars nut.  He's constantly playing with his action figures, turning ordinary objects into lightsabers, and asking to watch any movie episode you're willing to turn on.  He's going to be a Jedi when he grows up -- unlike his father who grew up to be a 'dad'.  I asked him in early August how he was going to become a Jedi.  He said he was going to learn how to use the Force from Miss Xiong!  Strangely, Miss Xiong knows all about the Force and is going to teach what she can!

Lorren may not be learning much about how to use the Force, but he is learning other things.  He loves telling us all about them.  Two weeks ago he learned that he has bones.  He was constantly poking himself and showing his bones and then poking others and showing them their own bones.

Watch the video for him to impart some knowledge about shapes.

> Clayton