Miles's German school put on their holiday program this morning, and Miles's group, being the youngest, was up first. All they had to do was dance ever so slightly, in time with the song, while waving a paper snowflake around. Seriously, that was all they had to do. https://videopress.com/v/KHVSZrMO?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true After retrieving our child, we returned … Continue reading Year 5, Day 295: Baby’s First School Performance!
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Year 5, Day 252
Our regularly-scheduled Family Movie Night got punted this week, as Miles needed to finish decorating a lantern for his German School's impending lantern festival tomorrow. He spent a lot of time coloring...the inside of it (I tried to tell him), but this didn't bother him because the part he was most excited about was gluing … Continue reading Year 5, Day 252
Year 4, Day 237
Jaclyn had to go out of town for work today, leaving Miles and I free to have a highly-anticipated "Guys' Night." After finishing his swim class, I asked him what he wanted for dinner -- fried shrimp or Bojangles. And yes, I asked this question knowing full-well what his response would be.* "Bogangles," he replied. … Continue reading Year 4, Day 237
Year 4, Day 212
Today was Miles's third day of German school, and it's been going extraordinarily well so far. As reported previously, Miles has been over-the-moon enthusiastic about going to a "big kid school." His teachers have said that he understands everything they're saying and follows directions well.* And at pickup each day, Miles emerges from the classroom … Continue reading Year 4, Day 212
Year 4, Day 198
Today, Miles started a weekend German program at the Deutsche Schule Charlotte. Every Saturday morning for the duration of the school year, Miles will attend a German language class (in the interest of achieving our ultimate goal -- sending him overseas so we can finally get a moment's peace). Miles's experience with new environments sans … Continue reading Year 4, Day 198
Year 2, Day 72
Miles's babysitter, Lisa, spends their time together communicating in two ways -- sign language and German. Miles has been employing familiar signs for a while now, frequently using the motions for "food," "milk," "more," "all done," "bird," and his new favorite, "banana." However, as his capacity for producing phonemes has improved, so has his ability … Continue reading Year 2, Day 72
Day 332
Even before Miles was born, Jaclyn and I talked about wanting to expose our child to different languages from an early age. This is one of the reasons we were excited to find a babysitter who speaks German, a language we became very familiar with a few years ago. Miles now has a decent variety … Continue reading Day 332
The Perils (& Pride) of Paternity 