First Days of School!

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!

All dressed up and ready to go!

Showing off her backpack

Racing around outside after her first day

She immediately entered the
classroom and headed for the play
kitchen

Playing with Maxime, our neighbour's
son, with whom we walk to school
every day

Showing some new school clothes

Tchoupi is the class mascot, and each
child in the class brings him home
for one weekend per year.

While Tchoupi is at home, he is supposed
to take part in household activities

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

Aimy loved having Tchoupi at home
with her, especially for games like
Memory!

And Alixe was just happy to put
pull-ups on her head.