Re: BeautifulButterfly's Adoption Agency!
Katya Svetlana, Elizaveta Sonya, and Fyodor Serafim are siblings from Russia. Their father left for work one day shortly after Fyodor was born, and never returned home. Their mother died last year of unknown causes. All three speak fluent Russian, but they're just learning English.
Katya, the oldest, is 13. School has never been easy for her, and learning English is no different. There are too many exceptions to English grammar rules, and they frustrate her. One thing she is good at, though, is soccer. She has been playing since she was six, and she loves it. She spends almost all her free time playing on the school's field with her friends or siblings.
9 year old Elizaveta is the middle child. She is having a slightly easier time with English than Katya, but she still gets confused, too. Where Katya prefers to stick with Russian, though, Elizaveta at least attempts to string together more than just a sentence or two in English. Elizaveta loves school. She has a thirst for knowledge, and enjoys experimenting with new classes. She isn't afraid to try something new if it looks interesting. She isn't really dedicated to one particular activity because she has too much fun trying many different things.
7 year old Fyodor is the youngest of the siblings. He has had the easiest time catching onto English. He still has difficulty speaking it sometimes, but he understands it incredibly well. He doesn't at all mind translating things back into Russian for his sisters if they don't understand what's being said. He loves playing soccer with his sister, and the game can get pretty rough when the two of them play. Fyodor also loves to dance. His mother put him in dance classes when he was five after he begged to try it, and he loved every minute. A few of his classmates poke fun at him for being in dance, but he loves it too much to care.
Please keep us updated on how your adoptees are adjusting!