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What else does one do when one is watching the World Cup and NO GOAL HAS BEEN SCORED at the 89 minute mark!!!
These photos of Mimi were taken by me in Savitaipale, Finland at our friend Raija’s place in July 2010.
Just for fun…
Yes Yes I know, sorry Aussies but really have to say Center not Centre when that is the name of the actual place!!! We are so lucky that I used to teach Izzy Leary and therefore met her Mum Sue who started this place back in March.
The Wonder Center is only two blocks from our house and ayi enjoys taking Mimi around there in the morning and bringing her home in time for her to enjoy lunch. Once school starts back in August Mimi will not only make her snack everyday, (the tortillas she made yesterday were amazing) but she will also make her lunch; sometimes using the ingredients from the garden she has grown with the help of the compost she has collected! I love it!
I had been feeling a fair bit of the old ‘mother guilt’ that I was now the only family member who hasn’t spent time there so I took the day off work yesterday and I am so glad I did. I was able to just go with the flow and get a really good look at all of the activities I have heard Mimi talking about for the last ten weeks. I always knew Early Childhood Workers had a tough job but wow, they just never stop, those little kids just really suck the life out of you with their contagious energy and thirst for knowledge.
Mimi moved from activity to activity so smoothly and knew what to expect every step of the way.
If you are unfamiliar with the Reggio Emilia Approach in Early Education you might want to read this article to find out more, Sue does an amazing job of never speaking down to the children and “The learning menu is highly diversified, ranging from dancing, coloring, painting, shaping clay, discovering one’s shadow, role playing and a whole host of stimulating experiences, such as helping one another, sharing a game, making friends and analyzing how things works so the child can find an appropriate comfort zone, which would allow optimum levels of expressions.”
It certainly eased some of the guilt seeing we have made the right decision to send Mimi along to a place where she is happy and safe as well as nurtured and loved.
Happy Birthday Mimi… Know we know what it is like to have a daughter born around Christmas and New Years…
We got back from Thailand after two weeks of holidays, opening Christmas presents, celebrating and then it is time to celebrate all over again…. ahhh, commiserations to all of you born in the weeks around that busy time of year! It kind of sucks!
I’m having a bit of trouble with flickr right now and my tech assistant is away in Harbin… so here are the photos the old fashioned way… Please click here.
Here is a photo of Mimi in the sink. I think this is where Ayi washes her all the time as she seems to like it a lot. We normally put her in the big bath and she loves that too, especially if Hannah or I join her.
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I am just doing a bit of a test run here to see how I go managing two blogs. I would like this one to be for family things as I am taking so many picassa pics of the kids that I can’t really put on my school blog and would like to use this to replace our old mac site