Its been a flurry of activity this week. Both the kids and I have started back to school and we're all "shattered" (exhausted). The staff at St. Columba's have been very kind and I'm slowly adapting to all the new terminology and routines. Its funny (maybe not at the time) how difficult it can be to navigate through routines and situations that are so simple at home, but require so much thought overseas. The students accents have been a bit tricky, especially since the local "Fife" accent seems to be a bit thicker.
(My classroom is the top, right corner with white blinds)Will and Ainsley have jumped into life at their school, and the "sorting hat" has placed them in their houses. In the spirit of Harry Potter, the school has four distinct "houses" that students belong to. Ainsley is in Carnegie House (in honor of Dunfermline-born industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie), and Will is in Wallace House (William Wallace of "Braveheart" fame). Not sure about when the first Quidditch match is, but we'll keep you posted.
We also have a few pictures from our second visit to the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh. We saw "Potted Potter", a one hour parody of all seven Harry Potter books. It was very funny and we all had a great time. As we were leaving for the day a balloon artist was calling it quits and gave the kids some balloon creations. How fitting that Ainsley got a monkey balloon.
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