Today was a big day in the history of our school. For 30 odd years they have had to make do with "temporary" classrooms ie pre-fabs. But today saw the opening of something special...more of that later.
Lets start at the beginning, the day started pretty much like most days, off we went to school to drop Megs and Emma off at their respective classrooms. This all went to plan so Rosie and I left the playground happy.
It was then a quick turn around before heading off for Toddlers group with T and D. Today was the last of the term, so they had laid on a picnic for the kids. We had a nice peaceful cup of coffee while the kids rushed around like headless chickens, but this was short lived! The picnic went well, with them all huddled on the floor munching away at their chosen snacks, this was followed by a game of pass the parcel, which normally would be a good plan, but with 2 and 3 year olds, it was quite a battle. I don't think they understood the fundamentals of the game where the parcel needed to be passed on and not just ripped open so this created quite a few arguments and tears - what fun! After the "game" we presented the two organisers with a bunch of flowers and a box of chocolate and then we came home after a good time.
Rosie and I then had some lunch and a power nap before heading back to school for the historic grand opening. Let me paint the picture for those who do not know the school. Approx 30 years ago, the school needed to expand and ended up with pre-fab classrooms for one third of the pupils. Theses pre-fab classrooms were meant to be a temporary structure until the school built a proper set of classrooms. Well, some 30 years later, a year 2 wing of 4 classrooms has now been built and was opened today by the lady who was head mistress 30 years ago.
The new block allows the kids to get into the main building through a corridor instead of running through the rain and is a vast improvement to the school. So, in my capacity as Governor, I was invited to a presentation in the main hall prior to the opening. It was great, the whole school was brought into the hall and the head went through a slide show of the progress of the build. This was then followed by a few songs from the year 2 kids (ie Megs and Co).
We then all went outside and watched as the initial Head cut the ribbon and pronounced the building well and truly open! a Great moment for the school and will be fully utilised by both Emma and Rosie in the coming years.
After those celebrations it was back to our house, but tonight was slightly different - we were joined by one or two other people! Tomorrow night is Brownies and they have been asked to perform in a "show". for this Megs wanted to show them the dancing she has learned. So, because P didn't know the dance, we invited her back for tea and to learn the dance. She was joined by K, A, D and T so we had a full house and a full show!
With "Waka Waka" blasting out the kids performed the dance in the garden with P watching on and taking notes, it was then her turn to join in. They are now all ready for the big show at Brownies!
I now know how it feels to be a child minder - not sure I fancy that full time, having 3 kids to deal with is tricky enough, never mind 7 !!! After the dancing practice it was tea time which was slightly chaotic, but i think everyone managed to eat something so they were happy.
A quick bounce on the trampoline was followed by P being picked up by her mum and T taking her crowd home. A chaotic end to a full and busy day.
The kids went to bed rather tired but happy. Tomorrow is another day - only 2.5 days left of term and of Mr Mum in his current capacity!
Have a good evening Mumsters and enjoy the kids while you can!
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