Finally healthy
Last week we did little other than give medicine to children. Jonah's ear infection lingered a while and Ella (who never gets sick) came down with strep throat. On Wednesday, Abe took Ella to the pharmacy to pick up some medicines. The pharmacist said that he needed a doctor's opinion on what to give her. Our doctor is on the other side of town, and having already paid her several visits recently, we were reluctant to go back. The pharmacist gave Abe the address of a doctor down the block and told him to go on over. Abe and Ella showed up at the doctors office, with no appointment, and 20 minutes and 25 euros later left with a diagnosis and a prescription in hand.
We also had the long awaited moment of Ella's tooth falling out. She was really excited. She wrote a note to the tooth fairy asking if she could keep her tooth. In France, there is no tooth fairy, but instead a tooth mouse. Ella was concerned about which of them was going to come to look under her pillow. So, she wrote the note in English, but on the outside of the note wrote "anglais" so that if the mouse found it, he would know to get the tooth fairy involved. She had obviously put a lot of thought into this.
On Friday, I was lucky to get to leave Abe in charge of the infirmery while I attended an excellent conference about nutrition (the theme of which was, by chance, how children make food choices - very relevent to my research). The conference was sponsored by the doctors and researchers at Hotel Dieu in Paris and was held at La Defense.
By Saturday morning, finally, both kids were feeling well enough to actually leave the house. There was an open house at Ella's school for the parents to come and see the kids' work. As usual, we were very pleased and impressed with what we saw. The teacher had very nice things to say about Ella - that her French is coming along well, she is speaking in full sentences, and that her work is suberb. We saw Ella's classeur (binder) with all of her work up until now. We saw their recent work on water (sinking, floating, dissolving, etc.). We also learned about some of their upcoming projects and field trips - the Chateau of Vincennes in conjunction with the study of the past and the Picasso museum to accompany a study of Africa. The teacher also offered us some cake made by the children in the class on Friday. Figuring that at least half of the class is sick right now, we declined. Ella also gave us a little tour of the school including the library, the courtyard, and the hallway to the gym and the big kids classrooms. So, now we'll know that when Ella comes home and tells us "all" about her day - lunch, recess, and gym, there are lots of other things going on that don't make her cut, but that are nonetheless very good.
We also had the long awaited moment of Ella's tooth falling out. She was really excited. She wrote a note to the tooth fairy asking if she could keep her tooth. In France, there is no tooth fairy, but instead a tooth mouse. Ella was concerned about which of them was going to come to look under her pillow. So, she wrote the note in English, but on the outside of the note wrote "anglais" so that if the mouse found it, he would know to get the tooth fairy involved. She had obviously put a lot of thought into this.
On Friday, I was lucky to get to leave Abe in charge of the infirmery while I attended an excellent conference about nutrition (the theme of which was, by chance, how children make food choices - very relevent to my research). The conference was sponsored by the doctors and researchers at Hotel Dieu in Paris and was held at La Defense.
By Saturday morning, finally, both kids were feeling well enough to actually leave the house. There was an open house at Ella's school for the parents to come and see the kids' work. As usual, we were very pleased and impressed with what we saw. The teacher had very nice things to say about Ella - that her French is coming along well, she is speaking in full sentences, and that her work is suberb. We saw Ella's classeur (binder) with all of her work up until now. We saw their recent work on water (sinking, floating, dissolving, etc.). We also learned about some of their upcoming projects and field trips - the Chateau of Vincennes in conjunction with the study of the past and the Picasso museum to accompany a study of Africa. The teacher also offered us some cake made by the children in the class on Friday. Figuring that at least half of the class is sick right now, we declined. Ella also gave us a little tour of the school including the library, the courtyard, and the hallway to the gym and the big kids classrooms. So, now we'll know that when Ella comes home and tells us "all" about her day - lunch, recess, and gym, there are lots of other things going on that don't make her cut, but that are nonetheless very good.
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