school – Kaitlin & Kristin

mom’s day off

Qumi finally got to take a break and have a mini-vacation in Sentosa, which means I had the girls for just over 24 hours alone. I think it went well, ice cream after school, a bath, some my little pony pj’s, and pizza for dinner. The special hair style the next morning was my idea and they both loved it!

coco-ro

We just downloaded the last of the pictures from the girls 2nd school, COCO-RO. This was the Japanese school that they started in, however was too small to allow them to be in separate classes. Here they are with their friends and teachers.

really tired

Yesterday the girls had their first full day at school, which includes a little nap time. Katie was able to get a good hour and half nap at school, Kristie not so much. I heard she didn’t sleep at all. Here she is at dinner time around 7pm.

tired?

I guess the first week of school was harder on them than I thought. Here they are after their bath watching a bit of YouTube before dinner. I’ve never seen Katie sleep standing up before.

japanese kindergarten

Today was the first day of the girls’ new school, Singapore Japanese Kindergarten (シンガポール日本人幼稚園). There was a huge ceremony that included some introductions, puppet shows, songs and lots of waiting. The girls are in two separate classes, which is what we wanted to allow them to start developing individually. Katie is in the Red Tulip class (チューリップ赤) and Kristie is in the Yellow Tulip class (チューリップ黄色). The class rooms are right across the hall, so they will certainly bump into each other throughout the day. Their favourite part is that the classrooms are right in front of the train! From tomorrow, they start taking the bus everyday which is about 30 minutes each way. Hopefully that goes as smooth as this morning.

Here are some pictures from today, I love their school uniform. The dress is very cute.