What a school year. In the past 6 months Gus has:

• Learned to read
• Learned to write
• Learned to add & subtract
• Traveled to Australia
• Lost 4 teeth
• Made new friends
• Made two speeches (“Top 3 Things That Make a Great Birthday Party” and “Otters”)
• Danced in two ballets (Nutcracker and Big Bad Surprise)
• And did two big reports (Pumpkin Scones and Otters & Kelp)

And before I forget it, I wanted to write down our general routine this year:

• Wake at 6:20 (snuggle for 10 minutes while we hit snooze)
• Eat muesli (whilst Charles makes coffee), get dressed/brush teeth/ brush hair, feed feral cats for .25¢ and walk one block to school by 7:30a (usually running because we’re late)
• Eat hot lunch on vegetarian days or peanut butter sandwich otherwise
• Get out of school at 2:15p
• Monday afternoons go for hike with Catlin & Eddie
• Tuesday afternoons go to ballet class, do homework at Dog River, go to Rugby (homework = 15 minutes of math per week + at least 20 minutes Gus reading each day )
• Thursday mornings get up at 5:45a and go to Toastmasters before school
• Eat dinner at 6pm and in bed by 7pm (read to Gus for 15 – 20 mins)
• Saturday mornings wake up and play Lego for hours

Tomorrow starts our first day of summer and he’s not allowed to get out of bed until 10am.