Naters goes to school

After two years of begging (and two weeks of changing his mind), Nate finally started school in September. He's in a french immersion school, and loving it! The very first thing he got to do in school was pick his coat hook.

Every week he sings me a new song in french. Sometimes it's a classic like Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes, and other times it's a "Hello" song, or "snack song". I'll try to record him sometime soon and post it.

One of the boys from Nate's soccer team is also in the same class, and they ride the school bus together, so of course they are now best friends. It took Nate a few weeks to bother learning the other kids names, but they are all good friends now. One day when I picked him up after school, he got upset and started to cry. All the other kids came over wanted to know if he was ok and what was wrong. So sweet!

I don't usually pick Nate up from school, but that day was a special day....we got to bring Mirabelle home with us! Who's Mirabelle? Why the class guinea pig, of course! I'm not sure who was more excited about Mirabelle spending the weekend with us, me, Nate or Caper (our new dog for those of you who rely on this very poorly updated blog to get your info about us).

This week the class had their first field trip, to Fish Creek Park. They learned about nature, and how the leaves change colour in autumn. And they got to do some leaf rubbings and other fun things. Even though Kindergarten is just half days, this was an ALL DAY field trip. Not only did Nate get to be in the same group as his buddy, but they also got a ride to and from school together for extra fun!