Day 266: Prep play date, shopping and a play date
Zoe's sleep seems a bit messed up lately. She yelled out for me at 3:53am, and I resettled her, but she wound up in bed with me at 4:15am anyway. It took me a while to get back to sleep, maybe around 5am, but then we slept in until about 7:30am.
That made for a bit of a mad rush to get out the door to Zoe's primary school for her "Prep Play Date" orientation. We managed to make it out the door by a bit after 8:30am.
15 minutes is what it appears to take to scooter to school, which is okay. With local traffic being what it is, I think this will be a nice way to get to and from school next year, weather permitting.
We signed in, and Zoe got paired up with an existing (extremely tall) Prep student to be her buddy. The other girl was very keen to hold Zoe's hand, which Zoe was a bit dubious about at first, but they got there eventually.
The kids spent about 20 minutes rotating through the three classrooms, with a different buddy in each classroom. They were all given a 9 station name badge when they signed in, and they got a sticker for each station that they visited in each classroom.
It was a really nice morning, and I discovered there's one other girl from Zoe's Kindergarten going to her school, so I made a point of introducing myself to her mother.
I've got a really great vibe about the school, and Zoe enjoyed the morning. I'm looking forward to the next stage of her education.
We scootered home afterwards, and Zoe got the speed wobbles going down the hill and had a spectacular crash, luckily without any injuries thanks to all of her safety gear.
Once we got home, we headed out to the food wholesaler at West End to pick up a few bits and pieces, and then I had to get to Kindergarten to chair the monthly PAG meeting. I dropped Zoe at Megan's place for a play date while I was at the Kindergarten.
After the meeting, I picked up Zoe and we headed over to Westfield Carindale to buy a birthday present for Zoe's Kindergarten friend, Ivy, who is having a birthday party on Saturday.
We got home from Carindale with just enough time to spare before Sarah arrived to pick Zoe up.
I then headed over to Anshu's place for a Diwali dinner.