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Aug. 20, 2007
School has begun
Today was the first day of our new school-year, the second year at home. Looking back they seem so much bigger now than a year ago.
Storebror is 5,5 y and reading almost fluent. He knows how to ride a bike. He can dial his grand-parents when he wants to. He can eat with fork and knife, but still refuses to do it... He has become a good teacher to his younger brother, and he seems to be content with his life.
Lillebror turned 4 in July and is no more a "Little brother" but a big boy. He is tall and slim. Most people understand most of what he says, but he still has great problem with f, sh and r (in swedish it is common with a "rolling" r - "tounge-tip-r"). If you remind him about it, he can say the s in "STockholm", but usually he just say "Tockholm" or "Tart" for "STart". That could be confusing at many times, but by now he understands that we don't understand him and he tries to either improve his speech or describe the word he can't pronaunce. Last year he just repeated the same word over and over again until he got angry or started to cry. He knows most of his letters, he likes to count, to sing, to jump, to climb and he talks, talks, talks...
So, what did we do for school? Not much since my mother was visiting, but we read a bible-story, a book about the skeleton and a easy-reader in english "A Big Car". And we took a look at the new phonics-books. Lillebror was very, very pleased to have his own book this year!
And then it was time for the big event: The SWIMMING-SCHOOL. I have enrolled them for a beginners swimming-class for ten Mondays. It was great fun! Both boys managed to behave and do as their teacher told them, well at least for the 42 first minutes... Then Storebrors patience was gone, but it was only three minutes left and he just didn't have time to do a great fuss ;)
Now, both sleep and so should I...
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