Showing posts with label Siblings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Siblings. Show all posts
Saturday, 28 November 2009
Wednesday, 1 April 2009
Our Kids
JoJo loves....dancing...putting things in boxes or tubs or water....splashing....climbing (the more dangerous and precarious the better)...yelling for food....giving you things....taking them back again....and giving you them again!....knocking over building blocks....
Here he is placing some objects in a pot with great precision and concentration!
LissaLou had her Conseil des Parents last Friday which I duly attended. I was not very impressed though, as it was all about targets targets targets and how they have got behind as a result of the strike (they are four and five years old!!!) so a week of the Easter holidays and the May half term as well as all school outings (including swimming) have been cancelled. Honestly! Don't they realise there is value outside of sitting at your desk and colouring pictures in? When we came out, another mum and I looked at each other in despair and asked "but when do they play?" They even want us to do workbooks at home to ensure the kids don't get behind!! Groan...
Here is a picture of our family
This is all fine for LissaLou as she loves these kind of activities but what about those kids who don't and would rather discover the world in a different way? I was also annoyed by the teacher telling us that one child has been promoted to the Champion's group (LissaLou's) for hard work - what is that telling those not in that group I wonder? And finally she told us that those in the Support Group were doing really well, especially LissaLou who has made great progress. Fantastic! Er, hang on, what support group? Nobody mentioned this to me! I discovered she has been seeing the Language specialist twice a week to enrich her French vocab (other children in the class are creole only speakers).
LissaLou learnt to draw a Poule from using her hand at school - note the ou sound that they learnt at the top in red.
CassCass comes out with the funniest things. This week she asked for a biscuit because "it is shouting CassCass at me!". When we discussed that we liked the same food, she told me "nous sommes copines Maman" - ah!
I can't believe how good her pen control is - presumably due to copying LissaLou in part. Her pictures of people are coming on well
And here is her writing (I think she was writing her name).
Here he is placing some objects in a pot with great precision and concentration!
LissaLou had her Conseil des Parents last Friday which I duly attended. I was not very impressed though, as it was all about targets targets targets and how they have got behind as a result of the strike (they are four and five years old!!!) so a week of the Easter holidays and the May half term as well as all school outings (including swimming) have been cancelled. Honestly! Don't they realise there is value outside of sitting at your desk and colouring pictures in? When we came out, another mum and I looked at each other in despair and asked "but when do they play?" They even want us to do workbooks at home to ensure the kids don't get behind!! Groan...Here is a picture of our family
This is all fine for LissaLou as she loves these kind of activities but what about those kids who don't and would rather discover the world in a different way? I was also annoyed by the teacher telling us that one child has been promoted to the Champion's group (LissaLou's) for hard work - what is that telling those not in that group I wonder? And finally she told us that those in the Support Group were doing really well, especially LissaLou who has made great progress. Fantastic! Er, hang on, what support group? Nobody mentioned this to me! I discovered she has been seeing the Language specialist twice a week to enrich her French vocab (other children in the class are creole only speakers).
LissaLou learnt to draw a Poule from using her hand at school - note the ou sound that they learnt at the top in red.
CassCass comes out with the funniest things. This week she asked for a biscuit because "it is shouting CassCass at me!". When we discussed that we liked the same food, she told me "nous sommes copines Maman" - ah!I can't believe how good her pen control is - presumably due to copying LissaLou in part. Her pictures of people are coming on well
And here is her writing (I think she was writing her name). She likes to walk to school with LissaLou and me carrying LissaLou's bag like a proper little schoolgirl! She keeps telling me she has her own school too! At home it is lovely to see her and JoJo playing a lot more together (when she is not stealing his toys from him) and they provide each other with a lot of laughter. And CassCass' day is not complete if we have not had a Dora storytime!
Thursday, 1 January 2009
Timoun En Mwen
Here are the lovely trio enjoying each other's company this morning
Ah, the lovely LissaLou! Always posing beautifully whenever a camera comes in sight!
CassCass is having trouble sleeping at the moment so she is evidently catching up now. She is at that awkward stage where she is really miserable if she doesn't have a siesta but if she does, she doesn't want to go to sleep at bedtime. Plus she is susceptible to nightmares waking her up, so we have tried banning the tv to see if that helps. The jury is still out on whether it did or not!
You may remember how CassCass was attached to my hair and needed it to get to sleep - well now she has moved on to her own hair (though she still enjoys lying down with me and pulling a chunk, ouch!). This is a common sight!
Here are the two younger ones enjoying Happyland together. Pity you can't hear the sound effects, "Mummy! Take Baby JoJo away! He's touching my toys!"
Baby JoJo is nearly always to be found standing now, usually hanging onto someone's legs if they stand still long enough, but the bed will do nicely too
Just occasionally Baby JoJo stays sitting and enjoys playing with the girls' toys (far more than with his own, might I add)
I tried to get a picture of Baby JoJo's 4 teeth for you, by the simple yet effective method of swinging him around and sticking the camera somewhere near his mouth. Can you see them...! I reckon he might turn out gappy like CassCass! I particularly like the second photo with the big bit of dribble hanging off his chin!
And here he is with Daddy brushing his teeth!
What a handsome lad! Is he still blue-eyed though...
Ah, the lovely LissaLou! Always posing beautifully whenever a camera comes in sight!
CassCass is having trouble sleeping at the moment so she is evidently catching up now. She is at that awkward stage where she is really miserable if she doesn't have a siesta but if she does, she doesn't want to go to sleep at bedtime. Plus she is susceptible to nightmares waking her up, so we have tried banning the tv to see if that helps. The jury is still out on whether it did or not!
You may remember how CassCass was attached to my hair and needed it to get to sleep - well now she has moved on to her own hair (though she still enjoys lying down with me and pulling a chunk, ouch!). This is a common sight!Here are the two younger ones enjoying Happyland together. Pity you can't hear the sound effects, "Mummy! Take Baby JoJo away! He's touching my toys!"Baby JoJo is nearly always to be found standing now, usually hanging onto someone's legs if they stand still long enough, but the bed will do nicely tooI tried to get a picture of Baby JoJo's 4 teeth for you, by the simple yet effective method of swinging him around and sticking the camera somewhere near his mouth. Can you see them...! I reckon he might turn out gappy like CassCass! I particularly like the second photo with the big bit of dribble hanging off his chin!And here he is with Daddy brushing his teeth!What a handsome lad! Is he still blue-eyed though...Saturday, 5 July 2008
Fraternal Affection
Much to our delight, the girls continue to adore their baby brother and are constantly asking to hold him - not sure that he is quite so enamoured by this, but he certainly loves their attention. Here are some recent shots of sisterly love.
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