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Well we have survived the first week of school. And the second. It was all a big change from our free form Summer. It was back into the plaid dresses and pleated skirts and back into the wake up make lunches routine. I wouldn't say the girls were excited but they also weren't too sad about it all. Except for Tova. For her it was the biggest change because she was starting a new school, with new kids and uniforms, changing from part time to full time, changing from English to French. For a few weeks before hand she tried to convince us she was an English school kind of girl or even a no school kind of girl. She expanded on how little French she knew and how difficult life would be for her. Despite lots of French sessions with Jakob she still liked to get teary eyed and indignant yelling "I won't understand anything the teacher says!" Which to be fair was a mostly true statement. 

On the first day she was excited at drop off and was the first one in the door. She even seemed excited at pick up but the rest of the evening she was cranky and angry and it bled into the next morning. It was a lot of emotion for all of us to handle. And then on Thursday she came into the kitchen while I was making dinner and proclaimed "I understand everything the teacher says" I was a little taken aback "really?" I squeaked back. "Yeah except for like five words." Ah I could tell this was going to be good "And what were those five words?" Tova, looking around, "you know apple, sky, oven, refrigerator, and elevator." So I told her how to say those last five words. 

Id like to say it was all smooth sailing after that revelation. She was overjoyed to have two days off school and walked around with a silly grin on saying things like "It is so nice to have a rest from kindie. I really needed a rest." Her second week was more positive with love for French espoused the first few morning but by Thursday she looked tired and took up her anger monologue about French. Thankfully, the other two school girls have been all smooth sailing and even tempered. 

And just because I will add in the conversation Jakob wrote down between Tova and Zadie (who has been desperately missing her playmate) which is hilarious so long as you ignore the violent undertones.

T: Zadie can I try your smoothie?

Z: yeah me no want it

T: great job Zadie you get a point. 

Z: yay 

T: you have three points. When you get a hundred points you can play with my turtle 

Z: YAY

T: Zadie wanna play mommies and babies?

Z: yeah

T: ok I’m the mommy and you’re the baby except you love it when people kill you k?

Z: ok. Me name Lollipop

T: ok you’re Lollipop. 

Z: what you name?

T: you can call me mom 

[and off they go up the stairs to play mommies and babies]

In case you're wondering the sparkly blue headband thing is not part of the uniform