I am obsessed with the idea of taking the girls to France next summer. Not just for two weeks, but for the summer. I want them to really get to know their father’s country.
A Few Days Until Five and a Few Months Until Ten
Four days until Sophie turns five. That’s a big milestone. And just four months until Chloe turns ten. Another big milestone.
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“A Reverie of Mine” by Chloe
Chloe’s latest work of poetry. By hook or by crook, we’ll get her published soon!
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When I had my dream
It took awhile to understand
I was in a land plush and green,
With bubbling springs at hand
The sky was clear,
With not a cloud in sight
But instead I saw
Birds of every color
Chirping with delight
There were trees full of apples,
Golden to be precise
And if you took a bite
Any wish could come true,
That’s when I started,
Flying through the bright blue
I went up and up
Higher and higher
Until I reached the moon
But that’s when I heard
A ring-a-ding-ding
And I woke up much too soon
End of Summer
Fall is fast approaching. School is underway and the last day of summer 2010 is Tuesday. Fall is my second favorite season, second only because it’s the lead-in to winter, and I intensely dislike winter.
I Love My Kids
It’s an obvious statement of fact. But after a difficult week at work, when most days I’d come home in the evening and just want to be alone, my girls made me smile.
Liberty’s Statue by Chloe
For Social Studies, Chloe had to write a story from the Statue of Liberty’s perspective. Here it is – enjoy.
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All I hear are different voices. I don’t understand any of them. They’re all different. Women chatter excitedly together while men heave trunks. The kids walk silently by their parents looking frightened. There are men in black and dark blue conducting people off the ship. Then there are people who are on boats who stare and point and take pictures with a camera. There are people who wait in a line below me. They walk through my insides and it tickles a lot. I wish they would make my head off limits. I get migraines. I heard them talking about closing it someday, though!
I used to live in a wonderful place called France. I didn’t get to see how I was made because my eyes were one of the last things to be made. But I got to see the crown and the torch done since those were the best parts. My creator’s name is Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. There is another statue in France called the Eiffel Tower. It was designed by Gustave Eiffel. That structure is even taller than me! Then I spent a few more days in France and I was finally done. Then that was when I was shipped to America. And that’s my before story.
Now, I know two languages but most of the people who come aren’t French. And the people only speak English when they have to. So I usually don’t understand them. I used to actually be a shiny brown color, but I turned green for the same reason pennies do when they get old. Which is because the rain contains a certain acid that makes it turn green and so does the oxygen. I don’t really understand, so what I told you is not very specific.
The water around me is not very calm. It never is with boats. It’s as if it’s trying to move away from the pollution. It always makes me feel sad to see it that way.
Gulls always make these white splotches on me. I don’t know what it is, but it doesn’t smell very good. People usually clean it off though.
I’m pretty sure I’m not going back to France anytime soon, so for now I live Happily Ever After on Liberty Island.
Three Days Into the School Year
Sophie seems to be adjusting well. She’s making some friends, I think, although she can’t remember their names. She hasn’t yet had any homework, but she has a nice sturdy homework folder. We haven’t had to buy supplies for her, either.
First Day of School
In keeping with the theme of yesterday’s post, today was our last first day of kindergarten. It’s funny – I was quite excited about Sophie starting kindergarten – up until I left her in the classroom this morning.
Firsts and Lasts
Kindergarten. The day is finally upon us. Little Sophie is starting kindergarten tomorrow at the tender age of 4 years and 351 days.
Kindergarten Countdown
In two days, Sophie starts her elementary school education. She’s nervous. Whenever the subject is mentioned, she her big brown eyes open wide and hunches her shoulders to convey her anxiety.