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05 Sep, 2006

Day one, grade two

Posted by andrea tomkins in: Misc. life

Emma's first day of grade two

Emma’s off to school today. Mark and Sarah are watching cartoons while I type.

She was so excited. She got up and was dressed moments after her alarm clock went off. Then she crawled into bed with us. I forced my eyes open (I’m not used to waking up at 6:45!) and saw that she was positively BEAMING at me.

“It’s the first day of school mummy!” she whisper-shouted.

The four of us all walked to school. It was an uneventful, but nice, send off. The three remaining family members went to Bridgehead for breakfast. Just lovely.

As for today: I’m planning to catch up on neglected and/or overdue art projects . I am finally feeling a little more inspired. This is good.

In related news: I was informed that a photo of mine was selected for the cover of the fall issue of Bywords, a poetry quarterly published here in Ottawa. The photo is going to be printed on posters and promo material too. Go me! ;)

Have a happy Monday everyone!


7 Responses to "Day one, grade two"

1 | Marla

September 5th, 2006 at 9:36 am

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Hey – congrats on all accounts!

And I’d count the published photo as a goal achieved, even if you didn’t know it was one!

2 | Kirsten

September 5th, 2006 at 5:11 pm

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Yeah! Congrats! Can you post the photo so that we can see it?

3 | a peek inside the fish bowl

September 5th, 2006 at 7:56 pm

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4 | Chantal

September 6th, 2006 at 7:37 am

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She looks adorabe and excited about the year to come!

Great photo too. Congrats.

5 | Sharon

September 6th, 2006 at 10:26 am

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I love it when they are excited about school. Miranda was hoo hum about it this year being her last year of High school. She doesn’t want to graduate.

Nathan was thrilled for about 2.3 days and then said he was bored. OH woe is me for the rest of his school career.

Great Photo. Perfect for the cover of the book and the posters.

6 | Ryan

September 6th, 2006 at 7:23 pm

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Congrats on the pictures, that’s wonderful! It’s a terrific one, totally deserves it.

Ah, another year of school. They’re just starting the last quarter down here, I think. Here’s hoping it keeps up!

7 | twinmomplusone

September 7th, 2006 at 12:05 pm

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love taht pic, perfect for a poetry cover

and glad the going back to school went well, same thing here :)

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