There’s always a bug peeking around the corner.

This is actually the driveway up to the indoor pool where Ouest trains. It’s a beautiful place situated on the top of a hill overlooking all this empty land. We’ve only gotten to see the train come by a couple of times, and thought it was really pretty with the dark skies threatening rain all around while the sun was still shining down on us.

First day of school. Ever. The kids are going to a small private school with about a 50/50 mix of locals and expats and bilingual classes. There’s only about 15 kids per grade, so by the time school started they already knew half of them and it was pretty chill. Kind of a weird feeling seeing them go off. This was their choice, so there wasn’t any, “Do I have to go?” Ouest was looking forward to it, and Lowe was basically, whatever. 

A couple of weeks later I asked Lowe if school was what he thought it would be. “It’s easier than I thought it would be, and longer. Honestly, though, I don’t get what everyone has been learning for the last ten years.” His fear had been that he’d be behind his classmates, and he was surprised to find that he wasn’t. I was happy to hear that my view of school, especially the early years, was correct. If you spend time with your kids, explore the world, pursue different interests, and read to them, they won’t be idiots. These two slipped right into 9th and 10th grade without skipping a beat. Feels like they got a ten-year cheat code.

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