On Monday we went to Jonas' school, we literally walked, well, the children took their scooters (another blessing from the sea freight) while Jonas and Katrin walked. We kept the book-uniform-shop-conveyor busy, firstly Jonas and then Michael and Esther got their uniforms, then we went through the stationary list for Jonas, Michael and Esther will have their stationary pack given by the school, all ready to go. After that we went to the library to collect Jonas' text books and finally we looked for his class teacher, Herr Maier. He gave Jonas two Spanish CDs to start practicing ;-) By this time everybody was hungry, so we had lunch at the canteen, the little ones went for Pasta Bolognese (which was spicy and a lot of water/cordial was consumed) and the older ones (Michael, Jonas and Katrin) had sandwiches (not spicy). There were also Laugenbrezel available, a typical Southern German bread type. Jonas chewed on those as a baby/toddler all those years back and whenever we go back to Germany, the children love to eat them.
Coming home we hopped into the pool to cool down.
Tuesday Esther, David, Yannic and Katrin went to the primary school by bus. The teachers wanted to assess Esther, an hour later she came out with flying colours. Meanwhile David, Yannic and Katrin browsed through the library, sitting happily in air conditioning. How did people study and live here without any air conditioning comfort?
Wednesday and Thursday were quiet days, pool, games and reading the newspaper. Every morning there is a free newspaper at our door step (the cleaner crew deliver them to every unit). The articles are well written and informative, lots of political news (especially the Euro crisis) and then also focusing South East Asia. Very tempting for Katrin to lie on the sofa and read ;-) Slowly we start to recognise the names of the Asian leaders, at least which country they belong to.
Friday we went to see the baby again, it weighs now 2.7kg and Katrin is quite happy that the weight gain isn't too fast ;-)
Saturday had heavy rain in the afternoon, so we decided to postpone our outing to Jurong Bird Park.
How exciting getting settled in for school. Sounds like you are all having a busy interesting time.
ReplyDeleteWell done with your sewing and baking Emma! The girls made a gingerbread house the other day. It took all morning to bake and the afternoon to assemble. We are waiting until Christmas with Nan and Grandad to eat it...
I know my comments are a bit late... but you are doing a great job. The canteen for lunches will be such a blessing. You are doing so well. Well done Esther on the testing. And I'm sure if they had tested Michael he would have exploded the scale...
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