Time has flown by since these pictures were taken... I still can't believe that my little Aimy is in preschool! She was very excited to go on her first day and her enthusiasm hasn't wavered - she often asks to go to school on weekends or on Wednesday afternoon for her nap. Her language skills have come a long way since September. She now says lots of words and phrases in French, especially when showing us things from school or spends time around French speakers. There was a period where the teachers were a little worried, but she has friends at school that seem to help her when she didn't understand what to do, and with a little more French at home, she was able to pick up on everything more quickly. Though sometimes I know she's using the situation to her advantage - before the December holidays, she would pretend not to understand the teachers to be able to keep playing in the playground when it was time to come in!
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| All dressed up and ready to go! |
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| Showing off her backpack |
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| Racing around outside after her first day |
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| She immediately entered the classroom and headed for the play kitchen |
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| Playing with Maxime, our neighbour's son, with whom we walk to school every day |
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| Showing some new school clothes |
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| Tchoupi is the class mascot, and each child in the class brings him home for one weekend per year. |
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| While Tchoupi is at home, he is supposed to take part in household activities |
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| Then the parents are supposed to take pictures of Tchoupi and their child, and put them in Tchoupi's notebook along with a description of what is going on in each photo |
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| Aimy loved having Tchoupi at home with her, especially for games like Memory! |
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| And Alixe was just happy to put pull-ups on her head. |
