Ellie and Francis are off to school!
Ellie started at Schule - 1st grade - here in Gaming!
Francis started his second year of Kindergarten- his first time going without Ellie - in the neighboring town of Kienberg!
Everyone is happy! :)
Francis takes the bus to school!
Ellie’s first day she met her teacher, saw her classroom (and chose her seat - front row) & attended an all school church service at the Parish church just down the road from school (although it’s public school, the country’s religion is Catholic & the kids have Catholic religion class twice a week - taught by one of Franciscan’s professors/our new neighbor :)
Ellie presented with her Schultüte! Schultüte means “school cone” and is filled with candy and toys, given to children on their first day of school upon entering first grade. The cone is given to children to make the anxiously awaited first day a “little sweeter!” Ellie’s only disappointment was that she didn’t receive homework on the first day. Later in the week I asked her what her favorite part of school was and she replied, “homework!”
The school is a 20 minute walk from our home. Ellie walked to school with Brian twice this week and walked home everyday with me and her friend (and Isaac & Clare)!
At home there was a lot of action as well as we got bunk beds, our winter supply of firewood, and Clare turned one month old!!
September 5th:
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