Most of his (old) class came.
In the Steiner/Waldorf system, children stay with the same class, with the same teacher, for all of their primary school years. As you can imagine, they become a very tightknit bunch.
As do their parents.
So it was a birthday party, but also a kind of farewell.
A good time was had by all.
He's reached the age when, although he tolerates it, it embarrasses him when I kiss him in front of all his friends.
(See the clenched fists?)
Tomorrow a new school year starts.
New school, new classes, new beginnings.
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sweet boy...
Youngest is not so happy when I kiss him either.
But we can't HELP IT can we?
Happy birthday, young man. I hope you will love your new school and make heaps of great friends. Of course, you will always remember your old friends, too.
ah, fun!
Glad it was a nice birthday celebration.
Are the children going to be going to another Steiner school?
There is only one Steiner school here in Canberra and a few good friends send their children there. I have even participated in their monthly markets a few times. it is a beautiful school and i certainly envy the closeness between the parents. It just doesn't happen in our school.
...and new friends!
GOOD LUCK to the whole Pea Soup clan. Oscar is also starting in a new school today (they are currently quietly playing together in what I believe is an attempt to pretend the inevitable "it's time to go" will not eventuate!) - such a daunting change in a child's life.
I had read about your car called Roger and considering my Dad's obsession with cars and motor racing, it sort of seemed appropriate.
happy birthday! i did have to look at the bigger version of the photo to see whether you had a tattoo or not!! hope your boys had a good first day at school - today was the first time neither of my kids wanted me to come in - it felt odd just dropping them off and driving away - thank goodness for the baby, he's been helping me sew :)
Happy birthday to #2. Will they be going to a Steiner school?
And...those sunset pictures a few posts down. Breathtaking!
I hope he enjoys his back to school experience...it brings back fond memories of my own, when I was a wee lass. It always felt horrible and traumatic at the time, but now I look back with great wistfulness.
Gorgeous :-)
Sorry to use the comments field here, but your site doesn't give an email for you. Is there a reason I am having troublke subscribing to your blog on bloglines?
Lisette, no, no tattoos here!
Shelly and Christina - the children are going to a state school that has a mainstream and a Steiner stream (just like their old school).
Sooz, I have no idea how to help you. I don't really even know what bloglines is, I am so technically dyslexic. But I do know that other readers subscribe to me that way apparently, so it can be done. (I feel like a magazine). Sorry to be of absolutely no assistance. I just bookmark my favourite blogs and visit them a couple of times a week to see if they've updated.
Here's to new beginnings!
(and there is GREEN grass in the yard/paddock behind your place? In *January*?)
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