School's out!

Tomorrow is Julia's last day of school. She made it through her first year! It was hard at first, partly because we left for France in September/October and partly because she was in a split class with only 3 kids her age, everybody else being older. She learnt to adapt though and has made lots of progress. The teacher was quite impressed by the change. She told us that academically Julia is very good and she asked us if she takes after her mom or her dad... Her report card is once again very positive. I am especially impressed by the fact that she can already read a bit, in French. Here is a video of Julia reading words I wrote on a piece of paper, random names of animals. These are words that she hasn't practiced at all, some she doesn't even know (as it is the female name, easier to read but less used.)

Soon, she'll be reading English :) She can also write phonetically, if you talk very slowly, and I hope she also has her dad's maths skills, because she's definitely not going to get any from me..Anyway, good job Julia.

Her "end of school trip" was at the airport, where, to finish their social studies program, they explored all possible jobs, from pilots to mechanics.

No, Julia doesn't want to become a flight attendant. When asked to pick something and dress accordingly, she chose "cook" and brought to school what she calls "Ashley's apron" (Aunt Ashley gave her an apron with Disney princesses on it) with a wooden spoon. The teacher asked what she was making them and she answered "soup." When asked what was in the soup, she replied: "tomatoes." I guess she chose something that looks like what I do, because, even after asking him, she still has no clue what her dad does.

Once the curriculum was finished, they got to play. There were pools with a water slide one day and they also had a Survivor Day today.

Voila, it's over now for the summer and I hope she won't get bored. She was already mad at me today because I went to pick her up but she wanted to go on the bus to be with her friend Mia...Maybe we'll go visit Mia during the break and enjoy friends without homework! Let's have fun, school is over! That's basically what this song means (not sure if it exists in English too.)

School is not over for long though...August 30th will come pretty fast...

...hopefully she'll be ready!