Highlights
Maths and Muffins
09/12/08 22:10
Prince Philip's school had their Maths and Muffins
morning today. The kids were expected to appear with
a parent and siblings to the library at 8.15 am where
we all collected a game from the correct box and sat
playing it. We had one called the two tooney race.
Basically it was a spinner with penny, nickel, dime
and quarter written on it. (For those like me that
needed help - a penny is 1 cent, a nickel is 5 cents,
a dime is 10 cents, a quarter is 25 cents, a looney
is 1 dollar and a tooney is 2 dollars.) My son had
great fun correcting my efforts with a nickel and a
dime. He then reminded me that Nickelback got it's
name from the nickel in change that band member Mike
Kroeger gave customers at his Starbucks job—he
would frequently say, "Here's your nickel back".
Surprise Surprise
14/11/08 23:02
We received a parcel today. Inside were two books and
a message:
"Welcome to Canada all of you. Stay warm and beware the mighty Moose's.
Malcolm."
Thank you and brilliant timing as I was beginning to really miss my friends back in England.
"Welcome to Canada all of you. Stay warm and beware the mighty Moose's.
Malcolm."
Thank you and brilliant timing as I was beginning to really miss my friends back in England.
Emails from School
13/11/08 23:16
Year 4 of St Richard's with St Andrew's school sent
an email out asking how we were all doing and saying
our postcards have finally started to arrive. I feel
confident to write some more now I know they take
just over two weeks to arrive in England.
Happy Haloween
31/10/08 23:54
Later the kids and I returned home while Chris and some others ended up at Zach's to play rock band. We visited the local decorated houses with some of the chocolates that had not been collected here. We discovered that there is a family across the road that goes to Prince Philip school and seem to enjoy it.