Posted on 17 February, 2009 by Bettina
This letter was handed out to parents at our primary school.
My daughter had taken these tests Anna Bligh refers to last year. She did very well and the teacher had skilfully protected the children as much as she could from the stress it could have potentially injected. This was the teacher’s achievement, and I was [...]
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Posted on 26 November, 2006 by Bettina
What are Australian’s terrestrial tv program schedulers on? This weekend – apart from ‘Dora the Explorer’ at 6 in the morning – there seem no kids shows on tv at all. Premium kids movies start usually around bedtime 7:30 pm.
Workday mornings are chocker with little kids shows. Playschool is ok.
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Posted on 31 October, 2006 by Bettina
The tooth fairy just had to take M.’s word for it.
After months of preparation for the ‘coming of age’ a.k.a. loosing her first tooth – including the purchase of an ornamental box and discussing tooth-to-dollar conversion rates – she swallowed it un-noticed.
The poo-fairy got it.
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Posted on 26 October, 2006 by Bettina
‘Ouch, you squeezded my big muscums small!’ when I tried to pick her up on her upper arms.
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