Ok, so as promised, transport between 2 schools! Lets just say it is a bit crazy. Alex's school releases at 2:50. I meet her at a parking lot kitty corner from the school with a quick left turn and it's off to Camp Hill. Once there I either have to find a parking spot and walk up to Ian's class pick up point, OR now that Annika is at the big school, she can come down to get him (as long as the teacher known the plan!) and they both meet me at the stop, drop, go car pick up point. By the time I have joined the queue and inched down to the actual pick up point, it is 3:15 or so. If I park and walk to get the kids, it's 3:20. There is also a mom with a daughter at Alex's school and her youngest son in Ian's class and we have worked out a fun arrangement! One of us picks up the girls and we trade the kids out at the stop and drop area. Works a treat so we will be doing more often. The kids think they are big time to be getting to the pick up area on their own, so that is definitely a keeper strategy.
Transportation for Alex is also going to be fun too. There are metro school buses that drive around for pick up and drop offs. Don't think we'll be doing the morning run as they pick up at 7:00 ish and drop about 8 am. This is almost an hour early, so not so good. The metro bus is almost as much fun, with a 7:55 pickup and a transfer in Coorparoo, then a bus to school. I MADE her ride a bus last week to get home, she picked the school bus. At least there she has 2 school bus options after school, both pick up about 3:30 with no transfers and she is in the door just before 4, so a good one there. Going to Camp Hill or to home on the metro has 1 transfer with a pickup about 3:10 and she still gets home at 4, or to Camp Hill by 3:40. Either works, and I am going to be a mean momma and make her take the metro buses to get to swimming on Monday. I'll have to register her bus card and set up automatic payments for sure now!
Ian finally got to try something he has been dying to do for nearly a year! I will be taking him to do Tae Kwon Do at the local version of the YMCA. He did his first class on Wednesday and is counting the days until he gets to do it again! He LOVED it and I am thrilled he does. The kicking, punching, and yelling are all right up his alley!
The thorny bush that fell over in the storm is GONE! That was a nasty piece of work. The thorns on the mature part of the bush were 1.5 inches or longer! Lyle trimmed enough branches that he could finally just drag the thing by the roots out to the front where city council tree grinders came through this week to take it away. Nearly every house has a similar pile of branches, palm fronds, etc. for pickup over the next couple of weeks. The lawns are greening up with all of the water and looking so nice! Then we have to mow them though. Boo!
I have to do a bit of bragging here too. Alex was accepted to Cav Rd on her academic strengths, so good for her! We got a letter last week letting us know that she was also placed in an accelerated class with similar kids so covering the same curriculum, but deeper. We are thrilled and so is she. As she put it, "The kids who are the distractions to the rest of us are G.O.N.E!" Amazing what a bunch of motivated kids can do when given a workable environment. In the meantime, there are 8-9 girls and 14-16 boys. Alex said 7-8 of the boys are total computer game geeks and that is all they do. The rest are ok. I'm good with ok at this stage. They do all of their core classes together too-math, science, English, etc. They split somewhat for sports, Music/Art, and languages. She is doing German and loves it. She is annoyed the rock climbing class was filled when it was her turn to register, so she is doing cross country running instead. They have all sorts of choices! Aerobics, yoga, bushwalking, basketball. They did field hockey last week in PE-really enjoyed that! Chip off the stick Grandma Claudia?
This week, back to school curriculum nights. Brilliant scheduling here as well-all 3 kids on the same night at the same times! I'll be going to Cav Rd as I know the teachers and routines at Camp Hill now. Also still sorting out the Newcastle bit. Once we know where we will be based, we'll figure out the summer trip home and let you all know our schedule! Love you all!
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