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2011 December Daily :: 20 :: Eggnog!

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The day began with a little Christmas party from 9 – 12am. You gotta grab people when they’re available.

When Schäfer came home from preschool, all he wanted to do was read Curious George. I’m seriously considering recording my own audio book so he can listen to the stories over and over again. Mommy’s getting a

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Preschool Sports Day

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On Saturday (10.22), the 2011 preschool sports day had arrived. All the students and family members of the Olive Class were requested to wear red. We represented.

The students (and one cheerleader) waited for the events to begin!

After the mandatory speeches by the principal, random father, random student and random teacher, the opening parade and ceremonies

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Zhong Ban so far

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Schäfer was the star student during the 3rd week of September.

We’re a month into Zhong Ban (four-year-old preschool). We had an interesting start, but I’d say we’ve finally found a good rhythm.

In September, Schäfer started school without any hesitation. Though he was sad that summer was over (swimming!), he easily walked back into the classroom

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Project Runway: Apron Challenge

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On Thursday (9.22), Schäfer came home from preschool with this note in his backpack.

The school was going to host a family fun day on Friday in honor of National Day (10/1). All of the Mom’s were expected to wear an apron.

Simple enough.

I’ve got an apron.

The following Tuesday, when I picked up Schäfer from school, his

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Parent/Teacher Conference

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09.09.11

On Friday we kicked off our first parent/teacher conference. All of the parents were invited to come watch the morning exercises before having a meeting with the teachers.

Schäfer did his morning exercises with great vigor. He is definitely the tallest in his class!

Sianna was a little out of sorts. Maybe because we were out of

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Today

I’ve been 6 weeks behind on this blog for about 4 months.

After a consultation with the CEO, I’ve decided to jump forward to today. I’ll back blog the rest into the archives. The same thing happened last summer. I blog for our family so the Nanamaw will enjoy seeing those posts when I can get

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