PJ and Maya's first week of summer school ..

PJ and Maya started their summer session earlier this week. The two weeks before the new session starts is structured as fun days and each day has a specific theme. This seems to be quite cool and the girls have been excited and looking forward to school.

On Monday was recycling day. When we asked Maya what she wanted to do, she said that she wants to recycle PJ. They built a castle out of various recycled paper. We were not aware that summer school ends at 1:00 pm. Mari got a call on the cell at 1:30 (for once we were actually carrying it). She and Cecile were in the Richmond area wine tasting, so they got to school quite quickly. Tuesday was jewelry day, where they made bracelets. On Wednesday they made beautiful name plaques. PJ used some pretty paua (abalone) shells on her plaque. Thursday was camping day. We did not have our tent available (its at the new place where we've kept some of our stuff), so Maya and PJ played with the other kids tents. Friday was wheels day, so they took their bike and tryke to school.

They've been making some pretty good lunches too at school, mousetrap (vegemite and cheese sandwich), stuffed pita pockets, veggie bake and baked bean sandwiches. Mari has been taking them on some brutally long bike rides and they are exhausted by dinner time. We've been having dinner much earlier this week (5:00 pm or so). They also like to wash their own dishes and can spend quite some time in this activity. Mari bought some plastic tubs to use as sinks and they soap and scrub their bowls and plates. Kinda cool to see them growing up and entertaining each other