Photo Day at School

On Friday, I was a "photo day" volunteer, and discovered exactly why volunteers were needed. The two photographers was very professional, but getting 16 kindergarten children to simultaneously smile was no easy feat:

Here is my 5-year old's class:

Front row, third from the right

The Magic of Kindergarten

Kindergarten has turned out to be a lot of fun for our 5-year old. She was reluctant to go in on the first day, but by the second week, she declared "I want to sleepover at school for a billion years"!

Here is a sample of the fun she has in kindergarten:

Photos coming to life!

The Carnival

The girls have been eagerly awaiting the school carnival. Bouncy castles, games galore, pizza, glitter tattoos and their very favourite, cotton candy.  I was volunteering at the glitter tattoo station and only took a few photos when the girls ran up to me. In french, cotton candy is referred to as "barbe à papa:"

The Girls Head to the Zoo

Monday proved to be a bright and sunny Labour day, and we decided to head to the zoo. First, we drove through the "safari" and the girls eagerly fed the passing animals:

Next, we had lunch at the local in-zoo restaurant. The girls got a special treat: pink lemonade:

We took advantage of the warm weather to do some swimming and  tubing:

When very much out of the blue, a thunderstorm hit and the pools were evacuated. We took shelter in the beachfront store, and purchased some umbrellas. The rain quickly dissipated, and the girls enjoyed acting as "old ladies":

Finally, before heading home we walked around the zoo and met a few other animals:

Finally, School Begins!

At long last, the day I have been waiting for...All three girls in the same school!

Wednesday was the big day; the girls were excited and nervous. Our little one tried to run away, and Mama finally got a break...

Not everyone cooperated

Our littlest one starts school!