Beth's Last Day at Kindy
It was Beth's last ever day at Kindergarten yesterday! Today she's having a day with Sarah to do some shopping etc, before the big party tomorrow. They had a lovely little celebration for her at the end of the day. They got Beth to put the 4 seasons out around a globe, then the teacher would say something about a of Beth's life (You learnt to walk) then they'd all sing "The Earth goes round the sun" and Beth would walk around the sun thing to symbolise another year of getting older. It sounds a bit cheesy written down and I suppose it was, but it was fun and Beth loved it. We had photos of various years of her life and she'd walk them around and show all the children. For the last photo, her wearing her Unicorn dress, she was pretty much forcing the children to look, it was pretty funny. Once that was over she got to drink a special cup of fruit tea and blow out a candle (it was also her Birthday celebration).
Then she said goodbye to a bunch of her friends "I will miss you!" and that was that, into the car and home. Both children were very tired yesterday so it was into bed a bit earlier, because it's Friday they can sleep in a little bit before Theo (and only Theo!) had to go to Kindy.
Beth had her final visit to School on Tuesday morning, Sarah left her there for 40 minutes or so by herself and she seemed to be fine, so that's good.
It's been the most miserable weather with the weather. It has just rained and rained and rained. Tuesday we got twice the average rainfall of September, apparently. There's "flooding" everywhere, our front garden is full of water, all the drains/ditches are full. I've had to ride my scooter to work the last few days and it's been a very miserable experience, I don't usually get scared riding him but Wednesday afternoon it was just so horrid. Freezing cold, the helmet fogged up, rain everywhere. Felt very nervous, but made it home in one piece.
Friday today, then it's the big Fairy Birthday party tomorrow. Again a real shame about the weather, we were hoping to have it outside but even if it was a perfectly sunny day (it's not going to be) the fact that the grounds are all utter mud and mush would make it very unfun very quickly!
Tim