Thanks, everyone! I think she had a good day, though it was a bit overwhelming at times. She scored some brilliant pressies, including a CD player, so we now have "In the Night Garden" on heavy rotation.
Buffy: You tossed that vamp like he was a... little teeny vamp. Riley: You wanna go again? C'mon. I bet this place is just teeming with aerodynamic vampires.
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Fiona - Aug 11, 2008 3:46:09 am PDT #8655 of 9843
Trudy Booth - Aug 11, 2008 6:52:07 am PDT #8656 of 9843
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Awww... Clara is THREE!!!
Glad it was a happy.
Fiona - Sep 17, 2008 1:43:53 am PDT #8657 of 9843
B. started school yesterday! (They don't start until 6 here, and he's six-and-a-half). It was pretty exciting, especially as they make an enormous deal of the first day. Here is a picture of him with his "Schultüte", the big roll of cardboard filled with goodies which all schoolchildren are given when they start school. He made it himself, hence the dinosaurs:
Now we're just waiting for reality to set in. (He can already write and read up to age 10 level, so we have the feeling he might get a bit bored.... We'll see).
Kate P. - Sep 17, 2008 2:45:21 am PDT #8658 of 9843
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Here is a picture of him with his "Schultüte"
Oh my GOD, he is adorable! I love the dinosaurs!
Theodosia - Sep 17, 2008 2:50:08 am PDT #8659 of 9843
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I'm glad he gets to have a big deal made! What a cutie!
Is this kindergarten or first grade? For that matter, I don't know when reading/letters starts in America these days -- don't remember a whole lot of it in my kindergarten.
Fiona - Sep 17, 2008 2:55:25 am PDT #8660 of 9843
This is first grade. He's just finished three years of Kindergarten, i.e. preschool. They don't learn reading and writing there either usually; he's self-taught.
Theodosia - Sep 17, 2008 3:00:33 am PDT #8661 of 9843
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
3 years of kindergarten! We only got one year, I feel cheated.
I caught on to reading pretty fast, and what one of my teachers used to do was excuse me from the drills as long as I sat quietly and read to myself from the bookshelf. Hope B. finds a similarly enlightened teacher!
billytea - Sep 17, 2008 3:08:45 am PDT #8662 of 9843
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
This is first grade. He's just finished three years of Kindergarten, i.e. preschool. They don't learn reading and writing there either usually; he's self-taught.
That's interesting. In Australia, preschool and kinder are separate.
Fiona - Sep 17, 2008 3:14:18 am PDT #8663 of 9843
Well, it's called Kindergarten because, you know, Germany, but I refer to it as "preschool" because that's the US equivalent. It differs from US Kindergarden in that doesn't really involve any preparation for school at all. C. is three and has just started. There's a picture of the two of them on her first day here:
Theodosia - Sep 17, 2008 3:19:17 am PDT #8664 of 9843
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Awww. I see dinos are a big Benno theme. :-)
I think I got a half-day of some preschool for a while, but they pretty much threw tiny children into kindergarten to sink or swim circa 1965. Kids today have it so easy. ::thumps cane on floor::