My Samuel is off to Kindergarten

We had Samuel's conference today with his preschool teacher, and because I'm a proud Mommy I am going to brag on my boy a bit. Ms. Pam said Sam is doing very well. She said he is also very good at puzzles (which I knew) and that he finishes his work quickly, so that he can work on puzzles. She went out and bought a couple of 60 piece puzzles, because Sam and his friends were breezing through the others. She feels he is ready for Kindergarten. I was wondering about that because he won't be five until July. The speech therapist said he works really hard on his speech, which is all I could ask for, as long as he is working hard. Sam will have his ear tubes replaced and tonsils removed in June at Riley Children's in Indy. The next part of his surgery will take place four months after that. He will have a tongue release, because he is unable to move his tongue to the roof of his mouth. He will also have the part of his palate closed that they were unable to close during his last surgery. This is called a Fistula which according to the website cleftline.org is: An abnormal opening, usually referring to a hole in the palate after repair. I am very proud of Samuel and very thankful to God for bringing him half way across the world to me.