........ Zoë Serenity Gooch........: September 2011

Friday, September 30, 2011

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Zoe spent her first pro-d day with Andrea and the girls and Finn...
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Date: Monday, September 19, 2011
Subject: Phew!
To: Amy - Finn's mummy <amygooch@uvic.ca>

What a busy day!

The kids seemed to have fun today - never a dull moment! Playing in their rooms, berry picking, playing in the garden, a quick Backyardigans episode, dress-up and reading time in Megan's room.....I hope everyone sleeps well tonight!

Sending some pics from today......they had such a weird lunch today......apple and walnut cake, vanilla yogurt, salmon lox, blackberries and sugar candies also! I didn't fancy the mix myself, but there didn't seem to be many leftovers - wouldn't like to think of it all mashed around in their stomachs. At least it was balanced (?!).....hope Finn and Evie's diapers are not too horrible when they next explode!

Have a good night - see you tomorrow,
A

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Dr. Amy Ashurst Gooch    http://www.csc.uvic.ca/~agooch
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Computer Science amygooch at uvic.ca
University of Victoria agooch at cs.uvic.ca

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

First days and week of school

Zoe's kindergarten started last Wednesday with a one hour, parents attending open house... we met both teachers, played in the classroom, etc. Thursday was Zoe's first full day (only half the students there, other half on Friday)... started with parents in the classroom, dropping off supplies, etc. Then a little teary goodbye and she had her first day. Unfortunately there was a little mess up on timing and she was picked up from the office after school by her Dad, but she has handled it much better than I estimated.

Monday Bruce dropped her off, and I did Tuesday and Wednesday. This morning she said she wasn't feeling well and didn't want to go to school, but really didn't put up much of a squabble, lined up with her class mates and walked into the building in her kind of carefree skipping way. I think she really has been longing for the repeatability and challenge of school and it won't be long before she really wants it and misses it on her days off.

The challenge with this is the same with any new schedule.. getting who does what when. Added to that I'm teaching at pick up.. it has been more stressful a change for the parents than the kid. But we will adapt and it will work out.

I'm impressed with how fast she is pickup new words... garcon and fille were the first, more French to come.

Zoe's 5th birthday party

Zoe's birthday party went really well... the weather was moderate.. sort of warm.. we had a bouncy castle (for 24 hours), and based up on my email invitation, everyone came with their swimsuits on and it didn't take long before we set up warm pools of water, a sprinkler, and they had a blast.

Kids ate tons of cake and icecream (although I will say I had twice as much cake as we needed).. and they had great fun.

The pinata worked out perfectly.. Zoe started it... it went through everyone.. the last girl Emily hit it hard enough it the rope broke... and it got a bit broken. Her 7 year old brother also gave it some good hits.. then we gave Zoe the last couple, took off her blindfold and it wasn't long before candy was everywhere. Pictures to come.