Lumi: 7 years, 7 months

Summary

This month, Lumi started school. She also got her own phone. 

Social

She has some new friends from her class, Enni and Helmi. She seems to be having a good time with them.

Leisure

She loves to read. Lately she has enjoyed some Japanese comic books. 

On the weekend of 18 August, she stayed in bed reading after she woke up in the morning, instead of coming downstairs to play with Otso.

She loves to take her money and shop at the second hand store in Maunula. She sees how much farther her money goes at a place like that.

Learning

One of the summer assignments is to practice walking to school safely. 

She started piano lessons. She seems to enjoy it. 

At first she insisted that she needed to wait to do her homework at home, instead of getting it done during her after school club. But she may be starting to see the wisdom of getting it done earlier and leaving her more time to play.

She likes her math workbook.

Language

Now that she has started school, she gets a mix of English and Finnish each day. Her school day is in English, but the afternoon "club" is in Finnish. 

Health

Her afternoon club is run by HJK, and it is very sports-oriented. 

She has branched out from the strawberry fluoride and now she likes the mint one. She says she likes how it feels fresh, and when she opens her mouth then it feels cool. She is pleased with the sensation. 

Events

3.8 MuuMaa

5.8 drive home from Nakkila

9.8 first day of school 

12.8 BBQ with Hilla and August 

13.8 first piano lesson

17.8 her phone arrived!

19.8 BBQ with vaari and leena

22.8 play date with Helmi

23.8 phone is active ; she walked home by herself 

25.8 brunch with Vaari and Leena and family 

27.8 first chorus meeting

29.8 forest field trip 

31.8 Enda birthday party 

Random

8.8 I suggested that she read a curious George book and instead she chose something else, saying, "this makes more sense. A monkey?! In school?! " 

She has a phone now. We are working out family rules and protocol.