So, another school year has started and once again, B is not happy about being left behind by his sisters. This year I don’t have a picture of him wailing at the bus stop. You’ll just have to visualize it. Actually, it was when we dropped him of at the caregiver, but the expression was pretty much the same. :-) Don’t worry, he got over it pretty quickly.
This week is the first full week of the girls going to full-day kindergarten. All of the kids’ activities started last weekend too – swimming (for all three kids), piano lessons and Chinese school (for the girls only). So, naturally this week everyone is a little bit on edge and there have been lots of time-outs and melt-downs late in the day.
Keeping with tradition, I captured the girls on their first day of school…
The first day of school we had some issues with the bus, and the girls ended up not being dropped off at the caregivers’ house. But I think we have it all sorted out now. Also on that day, we discovered that the girls have been separated this year into two different classes. Not a big deal, but it might have been nice to know that a bit in advance so I could have prepared them … especially E who is not crazy about the idea. And I have sneaking suspicion that the main reason the girls were separated was to make it easier for their teachers to tell them apart, and not for their benefit. But, whatever, it will probably be good for the girls too.
Finally, for the last year or so, I’ve been struggling with the girls who always want “wild hair” – i.e., no barrettes or pony-tails, etc. But I can’t stand seeing their hair in their eyes all the time. Last Saturday we had an appointment to get their hair trimmed, and on a whim we all decided that bangs were the way to go. Here are before and after pictures, all taken within a couple of hours of each other… (sorry for the quality of the first shot… it was taken by DoT on his cell phone)
Finally, for those of you still having difficulties telling the girls apart, your troubles may soon end. We had both girls to the eye doctor on Friday, and it looks like at least one of them may need glasses. (Of course, I guess if they both end up with glasses, you could still have problems.) We go back at the end of the month, to further assess them, and we’ll see then. I broached the subject of glasses with them, and unlike my experience (oh so many years ago, when glasses were absolutely not desirable), both girls want to have glasses.
Finally, I wanted to put up a picture of the kids in their new Chinese outfits from Auntie P and Uncle J. (Thanks so much, J&P!) The outfits are fantastic. My pictures really don’t do them justice.
I had to take a lot of pictures to get this one decent one (with them all looking at the camera and smiling). Here’s one of the failed attempts, but I still love this picture…
Okay, so I think we’re now up-to-date (for anyone who hasn’t already seen it, I put up a post a couple of days ago. Scroll down if you missed it.)
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