It's been a little while since I've written about the kids, and seeing as it was Toby's ninth birthday on Wednesday, I thought it was time for an update.
Actually both the kids are doing really well still, but I'm going to focus on the birthday boy. He is still really enjoying school, and each morning he gets to the bus stop at least ten minutes before the bus comes so that he can hang out with his friends and climb trees. Last week I was finishing my morning run and passed by the other side of the street from the bus stop, and saw him horsing around with his buddies - he was having a grand time. He seems to be doing well at school too, judging by the quality of his homework and although he never really wants to do it, it seems to be a lot less of a struggle these days. He's always liked doing math and other things where the answers are either right or wrong; the challenge was often in more creative topics where he didn't like the ambiguity, but he's getting through it.
One things we're really liking about his school is that there's a really good balance of academic and sports, and Toby's enjoying that too. Last term his chosen sport was tennis, but seeing as he already does taekwondo and swimming we thought it would be good for him to do a team sport this term, so he's signed up for soccer (which he already insists is called football now). His reports of matches seem a little random, including kids switching teams partway through matches, but it sounded like on his first session he scored a winning hat-trick, and the following week in goal he saved every shot. Assuming this all to be true, I guess he's doing well! He's also enjoying swimming class, and a couple of weeks ago was in an inter-school swimming tournament where he won his backstroke heat, and came fourth in the final which he was pleased with, and most importantly really enjoyed the experience.
Anyway, he seems quite happy to be nine. Somehow he seems bigger than he was last week! He got great presents from family, including a box set of Tintin books, some more Asterix books to add to his collection, and DVDs of Harry Potter 3 and 4. I watched some of part 3 with him last night, and it was a treat to see his face and how into it he was.
One thing we didn't know about is that in Indian schools apparently on your birthday you don't need to wear school uniform, but he was fine being in uniform on Wednesday. Today is the last Friday of the month, so they have "mufti day" where the kids can wear casual clothes, or they can dress in the theme of the day. This month it's role models, so Toby decided he would wear a red t-shirt and khaki trousers, so that he looked like a Target team member, just like his dad. Very flattering!
Actually both the kids are doing really well still, but I'm going to focus on the birthday boy. He is still really enjoying school, and each morning he gets to the bus stop at least ten minutes before the bus comes so that he can hang out with his friends and climb trees. Last week I was finishing my morning run and passed by the other side of the street from the bus stop, and saw him horsing around with his buddies - he was having a grand time. He seems to be doing well at school too, judging by the quality of his homework and although he never really wants to do it, it seems to be a lot less of a struggle these days. He's always liked doing math and other things where the answers are either right or wrong; the challenge was often in more creative topics where he didn't like the ambiguity, but he's getting through it.
One things we're really liking about his school is that there's a really good balance of academic and sports, and Toby's enjoying that too. Last term his chosen sport was tennis, but seeing as he already does taekwondo and swimming we thought it would be good for him to do a team sport this term, so he's signed up for soccer (which he already insists is called football now). His reports of matches seem a little random, including kids switching teams partway through matches, but it sounded like on his first session he scored a winning hat-trick, and the following week in goal he saved every shot. Assuming this all to be true, I guess he's doing well! He's also enjoying swimming class, and a couple of weeks ago was in an inter-school swimming tournament where he won his backstroke heat, and came fourth in the final which he was pleased with, and most importantly really enjoyed the experience.
Anyway, he seems quite happy to be nine. Somehow he seems bigger than he was last week! He got great presents from family, including a box set of Tintin books, some more Asterix books to add to his collection, and DVDs of Harry Potter 3 and 4. I watched some of part 3 with him last night, and it was a treat to see his face and how into it he was.
One thing we didn't know about is that in Indian schools apparently on your birthday you don't need to wear school uniform, but he was fine being in uniform on Wednesday. Today is the last Friday of the month, so they have "mufti day" where the kids can wear casual clothes, or they can dress in the theme of the day. This month it's role models, so Toby decided he would wear a red t-shirt and khaki trousers, so that he looked like a Target team member, just like his dad. Very flattering!
It IS called football!
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