Monique started kindy in February. She goes two days a week. As far as I gather she enjoys it. Her friend Chloe from daycare is in the same class as her and they tended to stick together for the first couple of weeks. During the Easter holidays she kept talking about another girl named Portia and wanting Portia to come to her birthday party. Each day that she has kindy we get home and she does a role play thing. It seems she's pretending to be the teacher and telling the kids what to do. I'm sure the teacher isn't as bossy as Monique plays out though!!
I was called into the teacher's office a couple of weeks ago after M & C got into an argument over a library book. Neither of them wanted to let go so the book ended up getting a big rip in it and they both spent a bit of time in the time-out area.
The teacher also suggested that Monique be referred to a speach therapist. None of us really realised that she had a problem with her speech. Apparently it's not major and could just be her rate of development but the waiting list to see someone is 24 months so at least she's on the book in case we do need it.
The same week she started kindy I found a gymnastics club in Rockingham to take her too. She enjoys doing the forward rolls, hanging on the bar (she can pretty much do a chin-up), and walking on the beam. It's a bit hard to keep her waiting in line and joining in the with other kids and I think it's because I also take her to a kindy gym at the YMCA that isn't structured. So she gets to run amok at that one and just assumes she can do the same at gymnastics. Give her time and she'll be right I reckon!!
Well I think that's enough for #2. Next time I'll update with Monique's 4th birthday party.
Cass
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Catch up... #1
Well it's been quite a few months since I last posted to my blog. I guess I just got busy over the Christmas/New Year period that I didn't get the chance to sit and write. And then I kept putting it off because I knew it would be such a hard and long task to update everything.
Each time something happened over that time I though "I'll have to add this to my blog" but I couldn't add it until I'd updated everything else that happened before it. Then I just decided not to do it.
Karen and Locky flew over on Boxing Day for a little visit. Monique hadn't seen Locky since August, and it had affected Monique. They had been almost inseparable since they were born. 3 years is a long time to have a friend and then they're suddenly whisked away to the other side of the country. After seeing each other at least 2-3 times per week and then nothing... Well the main thing I noticed with Monique was that she didn't like me leaving her at Day Care. Prior to Locky moving she was fine.
We went to Hogs Breath for Karen's birthday. Very nice meal followed by a bit of a play at Time Zone. The kids had a ball.
While Karen was here we organised a get-together with another friend (Marc) who we had only just realised was living 10 minutes away from us, and had been for 3 years! Ben and Marc first met when they worked and lived together in Mount Isa, Qld. And he'd also lived in the same unit complex as Nigel & Karen in Mt Isa too. Such a small world. It's a pity we hadn't found him 2-3 years beforehand as we could've had a heap of great times while N&K were still together.
We're now catching up with Marc pretty much every 2 weeks when he flies home from his fly-in/fly-out job. It's good, he's such a great down to earth bloke and him and Ben take off for a bike ride every so often... The down side is Marc LOVES to ride his way too fast!!!! His girlfriend Sarah is really nice too. They're trying to talk me into getting a motorbike so I can ride with them all... Hmmm, I don't see that happening anytime in the near future!
Well that's it for Catch Up #1.... Stay tuned for #2 which will include Feb/March and Monique starting kindy and gymnastics :)
Cass
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Each time something happened over that time I though "I'll have to add this to my blog" but I couldn't add it until I'd updated everything else that happened before it. Then I just decided not to do it.
Karen and Locky flew over on Boxing Day for a little visit. Monique hadn't seen Locky since August, and it had affected Monique. They had been almost inseparable since they were born. 3 years is a long time to have a friend and then they're suddenly whisked away to the other side of the country. After seeing each other at least 2-3 times per week and then nothing... Well the main thing I noticed with Monique was that she didn't like me leaving her at Day Care. Prior to Locky moving she was fine.
We went to Hogs Breath for Karen's birthday. Very nice meal followed by a bit of a play at Time Zone. The kids had a ball.
While Karen was here we organised a get-together with another friend (Marc) who we had only just realised was living 10 minutes away from us, and had been for 3 years! Ben and Marc first met when they worked and lived together in Mount Isa, Qld. And he'd also lived in the same unit complex as Nigel & Karen in Mt Isa too. Such a small world. It's a pity we hadn't found him 2-3 years beforehand as we could've had a heap of great times while N&K were still together.
We're now catching up with Marc pretty much every 2 weeks when he flies home from his fly-in/fly-out job. It's good, he's such a great down to earth bloke and him and Ben take off for a bike ride every so often... The down side is Marc LOVES to ride his way too fast!!!! His girlfriend Sarah is really nice too. They're trying to talk me into getting a motorbike so I can ride with them all... Hmmm, I don't see that happening anytime in the near future!
Well that's it for Catch Up #1.... Stay tuned for #2 which will include Feb/March and Monique starting kindy and gymnastics :)
Cass
xx
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