Stuff, Busy, Fun, Laughs

Firstly Leon is at a New York Yankees baseball game and I am at home with the children. There were some tickets going and Leon was in the right place at the right time. Hope you enjoying Leon.

Victoria lost her second tooth today. 5 years old wow

Every year Saugatuck elementary (the kids school) put on an art exhibition for all the art work they have done over the year. The photos really don't do justice to the art work that the kids have created. The parents committee for the school run a programme called Art Smart. An artist is chosen, for example Jasper Jones and then the kids have to try recreate one of his pieces of art. Kara's class made mobiles using black, red and white paper. Great fun.

I have been working again and it feels fantastic. Most of the swimming teachers are in are high school or college, so I am considered a mature teacher. Take that any way you want, old bag or experienced. Age does have its advantages. I teach the adults as most adults don't really want to be taught by teenagers. Its a huge learning curve as adults want to know why????? I have been reading a lot to try get my knowledge back into the brain. The lessons are not many but that will come with time.

I got an interview with New york sports club gyms in Stamford to teach swimming but they want people for after school so nothing materialised with that. They may need cover one day and I will be able to help, so the interview was not a waste of time.

Kara has a birthday celebration in the classroom which was wonderful to be there. Kara chose the craft project for the class - paper origami and they made a puppy. I was so proud of her conducting the whole class project. Afterwards its a cupcake, juice and chips.

Thanks Melissa for the beautiful dress.


Kara giving the demonstration on how to fold the paper



 

Cupcake girl

Leon was playing on facebook one evening and mentioned Tessa was playing pool. Off course Leon has always been a pool kind of guy. He sure knows how to hold up the pool table in the good old days. So I said why don't you look on Craig's list which is an Internet bargain shop. Our total luck. Pool table and air hockey table and they are in Westport. So for $175.00 we got the whole lot. The couple we bought our toy from are moving back to England. They are on a mission to try get rid of a huge house full of stuff. Lovely couple. We also exchanged our English wii for there American one. So happy household. The basement has now been turned into a fun room. Bed moved upstairs.

Kids playing air hockey. You turn some handles and the whole top flips over and you have a pool table.

Part of changing our English drivers license to an American license is we have to complete an 8 hours drugs and alcohol course. So I spent Saturday and Sunday with a bunch of 16 year old and was feeling very old. The course was a mixture of boning and scary. Scary how things can happen driving drunk. Scary seeing what the kids get up to without the parents knowing. Scary how wealthy some of the parents are. One guy was given a Suburban which is a huge big $40 000.00 4x4. Kate your car. He is 16 years old. Another girl is driving a Honda Pilot. Well I am in my 2004 Ford explorer V8 and broken exhaust. You should hear how the car really growls now.  Its been fixed tomorrow, so no worries Lucy and Greg.

Kara is driving us crazy again with her sleeping. Waking up three times a night. Leon and I are crazy mad with this nonsense. As I type she is reading her book trying to fall asleep. So today I was on a mission to get the kids out and have some fun and get a dose of Vitamin D. The school grounds are open to the public after school hours. So I loaded up the roller skates and scooters for a play around the football field. No one was there, only some crazy man jogging and his beautiful dog. No children. One thing about living in America is you never see anyone. It can be a very lonely place. I felt lonely today. The kids wanted to play with other kids. So if your children are not signed up for every paid activity you never see anyone. We missed England because we could just see all our friends having the time of there lives racing around the field.



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Playing fields and classrooms behind





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