New School

We put the kids in summer camp for the week at their new school. Sunday night/Monday morning they were SO excited about it - but once we got to the school neither of them wanted to stay! I think they were just nervous after seeing all the new kids but after a few minutes I was able to escape. I really thought I would get a phone call before the end of the day which was 3pm, a little late for Jack. Especially considering they had been staying up late every night so when I ripped them out of bed at 7:15 am they were pretty exhausted already. Of course when I picked them up they had both had a great day - I could tell Jack was wiped out and the teachers told me he had stuck by their sides most of the day. The first thing he said to me was, 'I didn't talk about my bum and my peeney'!! because over the past year in Dublin I have heard (and witnessed) that Jack likes to talk a lot about his privates and he usually pulls his pants down to to show everyone. I was mortified of course, so before I dropped him off I told him he wasn't allowed to flash anyone or talk about his private things. Ava was excited because she had made two new friends - Chiara from Italy who unfortunately is moving back there so won't be at school in September - and Ana Maria, who Ava said is from Boston but I'm still not buying it - she looks and sounds Italian, I have been trying to meet her parents but it turns out she goes to the American School in Warsaw and is staying with her grandparents in Krakow for the summer so her parents must be in Warsaw. Ava is completely enamored with these two girls, who are both 8. Every day she talks about her two new best friends and what they did that day. We saw a Claire's Boutique in one of the shopping malls here and she is begging me to go back to there so we can buy some Best Friend necklaces - the ones with two pieces of a heart so each friend can wear a half. She also said how she and Ana Maria had SO much in common and that they were perfect for each other!! I'm happy she has made friends but it's really too bad that neither of them will be around in the fall. I am sure she will make new friends though come September. Here is a picture from camp, Ava's friend Maria is to her left and Chiara is above her with the hat. Jack made friends with a boy named Parker who is the blonde boy in the red shirt, he is the son of a woman Mike had put me in contact with before we moved. He's 8 but he took a liking to Jack and helped keep an eye on him for me : )

Summer Fun Camp 

I am happy enough with the school but Tuesday when I picked them up we saw Chiara walk by us with a big waffle-type cookie in her hand. Jack told me they had 'cooked' that day and he wanted to go get his. Ava went over to the teacher and asked where their creations were. The teacher responded, did you put it in the fridge? (I guess they had put chocolate inside and it was really hot (95) that day). She replied no and he said, well if it didn't go in the fridge and you left it out we threw everything out. As he was telling Ava this Jack went up to him and asked where his 'big circle cookie' was so I asked him if he had put it in the fridge and he said no. So then I said 'well your teacher said if it was left out it got thrown away'. The two of them just stood there and I honestly thought they were going to burst into tears. I mean, really, WTF??? As a teacher wouldn't you ensure that everyone's creation made it into the fridge, especially a 4 year old who probably didn't know what was going on?? I asked Ava about it on the way home and she said that she had gone to the bathroom right after making them and when she came back into the room they were cleaning everything up, and I am sure she didn't have the nerve to say anything to them. That just really annoyed me!