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Day 59

When we left home in Cape Town on this trip, we knew that we would have to try our very best to keep up with Jorja's new school activities - some alphabet recognition and writing, counting forward and backward, closely examining some insects and more. 

After all this time, we've had to get more than just a little creative when it comes to completing said school activities. Fortunately, the ideas weren't too  hard to come by today and Jorja enjoyed some fun with stickers and colouring all the while identifying number sequences, decorative patterns and basic words. 

Feeling inspired by a good school day, I thought that I would try and keep the learning up right until supper time...

"Jorja, who was George Frideric Handel?" I asked, trying to jog her memory and take her back to the study that her class did in June, complete with a trip to the Baxter to enjoy some of the pieces.

"Oh Mom...", she replied, "He did music."

"And Jorja..." I continued, feeling as though I needed to ask about one of the other more recent studies she did, "What can you tell me about Moët?"

(Since this was fresher in her mind, I was confident that she'd have a little more to say.)

Jorja gave me the best blank stare she could find.

And P-J chipped in with a chuckle - "Now Daddy can tell you a little about that!"


Once I realised why my five year old couldn't tell me about the luxury French champagne house, I had to laugh at my mistake...

"I mean, " I said with corrective composure, "What can you tell me about Monet?"

Oscar-Claude Monet
"Oh Mom", she started...

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