School’s Out!

That’s right, our school year is finally done!

Readers who are from Singapore are probably going, “Huh? So soon?” While those from the US are probably going, “Huh? So late?”

Actually the start and end date is purely arbitrary as we school for 4 weeks then take 1 week off the whole year round. I could start school in January and end in December as per the local system if I wanted to.

The reason we ended up officially starting the school year in September was due to the fact that the year our oldest ds was to start Primary One in January 2005, I was expecting baby #5 in February! It would have been ridiculous to start school in January, only to take a 3 month break when the baby arrived. And to start school in May (3 months after baby’s arrival) would mean a very mad rush to finish everything by December. So in the end, I decided to start early, in Spetember 2004 instead, just like most Americans

Anyway, we’re done, we’re done, we’re done! Hurray to all of us! We managed to finish up what I planned (very scaled down and simplified) despite having a demanding baby who’s now 4.5mths old. God is good!!!

Now I have to pack up and sort out what I am going to keep on file and bring out the new books to start planning!

A Funny

Before I forget, I wanted to write down something funny, 7yo ds said at dinner last week.

Ds#1 suddenly howled in a annoying dramatic manner halfway through dinner at Jack’s Place. So obviously all heads at the table turned and looked at him to which he lapped up the attention and continued howling. He finally told us that he had bit his tongue and that it was very painful.

Younger Ds calmly told him “Just close your eyes and drink water!”

Lol!