November 26, not really a school day

Yesterday (Thursday November 26) we spent the day at dad's university. He along with 11 of his professor friends and other colleagues gave a series of 15 minute lectures on many different topics for studnts and staff and faculty of the university. Fina and I participated in the entire day. She brought some Lego, her new found love of the Rush Hour Jr game, a few toys, her favourite new back pack and some blank paper to colour and doodle on. She was exceedingly well behaved. Even after having her favourite ice cream cone from the cafeteria at lunch!

Here is dad giving his talk on U2.

Fina with her toys (and notice her backpack!)

She made a Lego Ninjaturtle

When we came home, she dictated this story to me. I thought some of you might enjoy it.

November 2015 Story About a Candy Cane

1  Once upon a time in a far off place there was a candy cane and it was like a shepherd's staff and that's how it got its name because it looked like a cane. And it was a very hard candy to find because it was striped. And it was very big. There was a little girl and she loved this kind of candy. This girl was sweet and, like I said before, she loved candy canes because they tasted nice and sour and minty. And her name was Lucy. Lucy lived with her friends, the acorns. She lived in a small cottage and it was a gingerbread cottage and she loved that little cottage because every single day she was allowed to break off a little piece of her roof and eat it. She loved colouring. It was her best thing. She had a friend and her name was Elizabeth. Elizabeth loved strawberries and candy canes and mints and colouring. They were almost like sisters. They were both sweet little girls. They were both six. The loved playing dress-up and doing all kinds of things, they were very busy girls. They usually spent their time playing together. Whatever they did, they never ever made a mistake with their writing, wherever they were. And they got lots of money because they were really being good. Because they ate lots of gingerbread and gingerbread was good for them.

One day, when Elizabeth and Lucy were playing outside, they saw an eagle, flying with an olive vine in its mouth. The Eagle said “caw caw.” They asked the eagle if they could have a ride and the eagle said “caw caw yes.” So they got on the back of the eagle and they started to fly. They said “what happened?” It was a very funny thing, they loved carrots and they asked the eagle, “could you please fetch us a carrot from a store?” The eagle said “caw, caw, yes, caw, caw.” They also loved strawberries and they also asked the eagle, “could you please fetch us strawberries from the store?”  And the eagle said “caw, caw, yes caw, caw.” And they also asked the eagle “we love broccoli. Could you please fetch us some broccoli and maybe a tambourine too?” The eagle said “I will fetch you a broccoli and a tambourine.” “And a father clock,” said Lucy and Elizabeth together, “we love father clocks.” So the eagle got them all of this. They were so happy. They decided, “Elizabeth and I would like to go back home” so the eagle started to fly away and they came back to their gingerbread house. I didn't tell you but they are sisters. So every day for lunch and supper they broke off a little piece of their house and ate it because it was healthy. They looked at their globe and wondered, “why is the world so small on the globe? I'm not even the size of that country. It isn't even the size of my foot.” 

“How about let's bake some strawberry blueberry pie?” “Oh yeah, blueberry pie is good. It's beautiful and sweet. Oh yes,” said Lucy. “Best, because today’s our birthday, so of course it’s best.”

2 (she told me to write 2, because she wants to continue this story at some time.)

Note: She drew this candy cane during the lectures, and used her kneaded eraser to do the subtractive drawing.

She also did a few episodes of her yoga. It was an indoor day, without much moving around, so I'm glad she did some yoga at least.