Lovely.....
Spent a half an hour writing a post only to have it dissappear into the twilight zone when trying to insert a picture... Note to self---save drafts often.
Here we go again.
The week went well and we were only summoned to the school administrator's office once to deal with Nicolai's random exits from the classroom to the playground and the general disruption it was causing. During the course of one day, four different teachers were engaged in trying to coerce him back inside. Galina's assistance only resulted in them both crying. I guess some stern words were spoken and they wanted to let us know about it and beg forgiveness...I almost broke out laughing but managed to contain myself.
Anway all is well now and he has settled down somewhat. Either that or the teacher's mobile phone is broken and they can't get a hold of Nino. Galina's reports back are positive though and if there was any kind of problem and her little brother was upset, she'd let us know. We should all be so lucky as to have a Galina nearby looking out for us.
It should be mentioned that this is a private school conducted in Turkish. Galina and Nicolai are pretty much as fluent as they can be at that age, Nino too for that matter, with your's truly bringing up a distant fourth.
...and when I say private school...it's not private in the exclusive sense, although it's definitely out of reach of most. The attraction seems to be the liberal attitudes and the embracing of new teaching techniques. On a scale of one to ten I think we'd give it an eight at this point. Can't say for sure how it would compare with an Avalon school since we have no experience.
Ok. Just found out that uploading the pictures is painfully long. Not sure if I can put up with that....
This is Galiko in her new classroom.... bursting with anticipation.
....and this isn't even one of the bad moments since Nino took this picture and was obviously nearby.
Not to worry...there isn't a woman who has been in Nico's company for more than fifteen minutes who hasn't fallen in love with him....
He'll have them all eating out of his hand by the end of the month...
Time to wrap this up.
Spent a half an hour writing a post only to have it dissappear into the twilight zone when trying to insert a picture... Note to self---save drafts often.
Here we go again.
The week went well and we were only summoned to the school administrator's office once to deal with Nicolai's random exits from the classroom to the playground and the general disruption it was causing. During the course of one day, four different teachers were engaged in trying to coerce him back inside. Galina's assistance only resulted in them both crying. I guess some stern words were spoken and they wanted to let us know about it and beg forgiveness...I almost broke out laughing but managed to contain myself.
Anway all is well now and he has settled down somewhat. Either that or the teacher's mobile phone is broken and they can't get a hold of Nino. Galina's reports back are positive though and if there was any kind of problem and her little brother was upset, she'd let us know. We should all be so lucky as to have a Galina nearby looking out for us.
It should be mentioned that this is a private school conducted in Turkish. Galina and Nicolai are pretty much as fluent as they can be at that age, Nino too for that matter, with your's truly bringing up a distant fourth.
So let's try the pictures again....
Here they are on the front steps of the school at about 7:45 in the morning. It's September 8th.
Galina is excited...Nico is something else.
School is a big event in Turkey and taken very seriously. Note Galina's uniform. It's not worn just because it's a private school...it is mandatory in the public schools also.
...and when I say private school...it's not private in the exclusive sense, although it's definitely out of reach of most. The attraction seems to be the liberal attitudes and the embracing of new teaching techniques. On a scale of one to ten I think we'd give it an eight at this point. Can't say for sure how it would compare with an Avalon school since we have no experience.
Ok. Just found out that uploading the pictures is painfully long. Not sure if I can put up with that....
This is Galiko in her new classroom.... bursting with anticipation.
This is Nico... everything hunky dory at this point but apparently it all goes to hell in a hand basket later in the day.
....and this isn't even one of the bad moments since Nino took this picture and was obviously nearby.
Not to worry...there isn't a woman who has been in Nico's company for more than fifteen minutes who hasn't fallen in love with him....
He'll have them all eating out of his hand by the end of the month...
Time to wrap this up.
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