Last week I went to Hannah's school for a couple of hours. Three times a week Hannah attends a special education class. The class is for kids who are having a hard time. Most of the kids are special needs kids or kids with learning difficulties. Hannah attends to get one to one help with Japanese, something I can't do!
The teachers in this city organised a Christmas Party for the kids and parents, maybe from 3 different schools. Hannah was the MC for the event. I was very proud of her, she stood up and said her piece in front of about 30 people. She welcomed everybody and between each activity would explain the next activity! The first activity was for the kids to get to know each other. Each child had made a name card and had to exchange the card with other kids. Hannah took care of some of the younger girls who were rather shy, she got down on her knees so she was eye level with them! There was a quiz on the latest popular kids cartoon. I was amazed that most of the parents knew the answers as well as the kids! Then another game and then we went to the Home Economics room to make hot cakes together.
All in all a nice afternoon. I think these events help the parents to connect to their kids. Some of the kids seem to on the austic spectrum and can be difficult to understand and deal with! I was reminded yet again not to judge people by what they look like. There was one mother who if I had seen her at a store i would think that her life is perfect, expensive clothes, jewelery, not a hair out of place but her son was a real handful, he was a special needs kid. When i looked more closely at her she looked exhausted!
A few photos from that afternoon.
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| Hannah's name cards |
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| Hannah talking to one of the younger girls |
On the weekend we went into the city. I wanted to check out one store, to see if they had anything for Christmas, plus I wanted to see the Christmas lights. When Hannah and I saw this area on TV news the lights looked really nice. I know that many times TV and reality can be very different but this time the area was decorated very well. There was a Christmas Market with snacks, mulled wine and Christmas decorations on sale. A bit expensive but I got the kids a pizza and I had mulled wine, first time! Rather nice but a bit strong. There was a stage set up and when the lights came on a 5pm a group gave a short concert. I was impressed by them, the harmony was tight and the girl who sang "Let It Go" actually manged to hit the right notes!
A nice day but exhausting.
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| Rather cold at the train station |
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| the lights |
After our day out we all got hit by something that is going around! Christopher and Hannah both had a day off school. Mikey spent most of last night throwing up! And I have a sore throat and headache. David seems tired but not really sick.
Never mind!
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