Home Three weeks

We have been home three weeks now. Things are going just like we expected: some great days, some rough days.
Alex’s English has exploded, he has been placed back in the fourth grade classroom for Math, Science and Social Studies (instead of working on English all day). He likes PE but hates music. He has had fewer and fewer temper tantrums and has learned to play nicely with Matthew. He has gotten in trouble for hitting and pulling hair a couple times-but he understands he can’t do it here-that is how they lived in Ukraine-lots of rough play and the toughest gets the best.
Jack is a teenager-a good mood one day, grouchy the next. He seems to really like school and wrestling. He wrestled JV on Tuesday night, he was pinned but took it well and had fun. He is still with one teacher most of the day learning English. He tends to cause fights and screaming with Matthew and Alex but we are working on that. He is understanding a lot more English and when he is in a good mood even tries tell us things in English.
We went ice skating last weekend-all three boys had a lot of fun. Matthew had never been ice skating before, he used a little walker thing and was all over the rink. We also went swimming at a hotel for my sisters’ birthdays. They all three swam until exhaustion. We have been to church twice, Alex doesn’t like all the standing up and sitting down-just wait until he has to start kneeling.
We have also have the normal things to deal with that come with international adoption of older children. Jack doesn’t understand the concept of changing your clothes or dressing up-not wearing sweats to church. Alex thinks the girls at school are crazy because they talk nonstop. He also isn’t sure about teachers- he doesn’t understand why they are nice instead of yelling nonstop.
They aren’t picky eaters, they will eat just about anything. They really like summer sausage, potatoes, fruit and milk. It is amazing how much they go through.
Sorry for the long gap in posts, our laptop quit working. I have lots of pictures to post soon also.