First Day at U-Hill Elementary

Today wasn’t that much different from yesterday. Even though today is technically Melur’s first day at school, she spent a day at the Kinderclub day care yesterday, which is adjacent to the school. Today’s weather however, was much better than yesterday. And Melur was able to ride her bike to school. Daddy rode on his rollerblades. The trip this time was about 15 minutes. After dropping Melur off at school, Daddy headed off to work.

So this is what it feels like to send your kids to school every day. Mommy will be picking Melur up after school as usual.

On the Steps to School

First Day at Kinderclub

Melur officially starts school tomorrow. School at University Hill Elementary however, is only for about 2 hours. For the rest of the day, Melur will be hanging out at Kinderclub, which is a sort of day care for kindergarten children going to U-Hill Elementary. Today, Kinderclub is open (one day before U-Hill), and so Melur heads to school for the first time.

It was raining this morning on the way to school. It’s now Daddy’s ritual to send Melur to school on the way to work. Since it was raining, we walked to school. It took about 25 minutes. I think Melur was quite excited to go to school for the first time. I know I was. According to Mommy, Melur got up several times last night, cause she was anxious to get to school. And she had no trouble getting up this morning at 7 am. I dropped her off at about 8:15 am, and that was how Melur started school for the first time.

Ready for Kinderclub

Happy Fifth Birthday, Melur!

Today, we surprised Melur with ice-cream cake on her birthday. Melur is usually very good at remembering things, but we made sure not to remind her (or give her any hints) of her upcoming birthday. Haha… is that cruel and unusual? She seemed pleasantly surprised with the occasion. You can be the judge. We took a video of the unveiling:

After blowing out the cake, it was time to open presents. Melur only got one present from all of us. We got Melur a tutu (ballet outfit). She really likes this book about ballet, which we read to her at night. The outfit also includes authentic ballet slippers, though I think Melur thinks it’s a little weird without much foot support (it feels kind of like a sock).

Then it was on to enjoying the cake. Soon after, we had Melur try on the tutu. We’re planning to enroll Melur for Ballet classes later this semester. The semester hasn’t officially started yet, so we’ll see how that pans out.

So this is Melur’s birthday. Next one is Mommy in October. What shall we get her then?

Melur in her Tutu

Melur Takes Off!

Melur has done it. Only 2 days after taking her training wheels off permanently, Melur can now ride her bike comfortably, just before her fifth birthday. This video was taken by Mommy, just outside our front door. Catch a glimpse of Melfa Lane!

CONGRATULATIONS MELUR!!!