A strange week befitting of the (ongoing) halloween season, which was this year merged at the kita with the Nov. 11 St. Martin’s holiday. In October, we did manage to carve a bang-up set of pumpkins.
Then on to the bad week. Every day included Simone crying her eyes out when dropped off at the kita and though her lovely English-speaking teacher was back in the classroom, she was on late-shift. Meaning that I had to hang out with Simone until 11:30 at the kita and THEN leave her screaming. Monday included the added bonus of a tense afternoon kita meeting as part of the never-ending Cat group parents v. management saga. Tuesday morning I somehow lost my keys between the kita and home and thus locked myself and the girls out of the house until 5:30. While waiting at the kita, Simone fell off a slide and slammed her head on the edge of a wooden play house and peed in her pants and on me when I picked her up. That night, when everyone was inside and safe and sound, Simone came into my bed at midnight and when I asked her what was wrong she looked at me very seriously and threw up into my face. After a semi-quiet Thursday home making lanterns, we joined Greta at the kita St. Martin’s party. I forgot my camera, but the bonfire was bigger than ever this year.
Then to just wrap things up, Thursday, Simone and Greta and I spent the morning in the emergency room after Simone somehow managed to pull a muscle in her neck trying to get into a tiny dress of hers (“I can do it myself!”). She was totally fine, but could not move her head without screaming for most of the day. Things are sorting out, but I still have not found my keys. On the positive side in Simone’s life:
She has a new haircut with bangs!
And she rides a laufrad!
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