Picking up the Kids

Bonnie and I have tried to walk to school in the afternoons to pick up the kids as much as possible.  It helps me do some exercise and it gives Rose and Joshua an opportunity to chat about their day before launching into their 'at-home' activities.  It also gave us some time to chat to each other, too on the way to school!  We have picked blackberries on the way home and even though Josh in particular did not like it too much it was a really good experience for us all. As they got more tired towards the end of the three weeks, I was sensible enough to take the car to pick them up.

Steve and I chatted to both Rose and Josh's teachers this last week of school and they both seem to have settled right in.  It was such a good decision to put them into school here before the end of the school year.  It has helped the settle, taken away the build-up of suspense and anxiety of waiting over the next few weeks and hopefully, will have taken away the novelty of them being new when they start again in Sept.  Rose's teacher said her friends love listening to her stories of the Philippines, which I am sure is great for her but I did wonder what on earth she was telling them!
Joshua's teacher, who is retiring at the end of the school year, asked if she could come out to Faith Academy for a month to do volunteer work.