Happier today

Gee, I completely forgot to write a LJ entry yesterday. I was too busy working on the next chapter of Perdition. I received a lot of really nice and detailed and thoughtful feedback for the last chapter. I was happy, my muse was happy, and I've been merrily typing away all day. Ladycat had a little peek which helped me with the kissing scene.

I will write a longer entry later, because I want to gush about the way Katharina handled herself today, when she was tested by a doctor and a psychologist. In Germany kids get tested before they are allowed to go to school. But this will have to wait, just like my thoughts on Buffy 7x12 - Potential. Cause Spike and Xander need all my attention.

Cute Katharina

Katharina's eligibility for school was tested tody. Okay, this is probably not of great interest for the rest of mankind but *I* just have to gush a bit.
Here in Germany they test the kids before allowing them to go to school. They test eyesight, hearing, motoric functions, vocabulary, language skills, memory, creativity and other stuff to determine if the kids should go to pre-school for another year or not. The tests take place in the school they will eventually go to.

German kids start school at 6 or 7 (which I find way too late), but some kids may start at 5 if their birthday takes place within the first term.

Tina's 6th birthday was just after Christmas. All the tests went really well, she was nice to the doctors, cheerful and chatty. There were little posters on the wall bearing the names of some of the children that get taught in that classroom. So Tina said to the doctor: "You know what, I know those children from kindergarten." And she read the names out loud.(Most kids can't read before school)

Asked to write her name she told the doctor there was a problem: There were only 8 different colored crayons but her name had 9 letters. The doctor suggested she should use one crayon twice. Tina objected, thought for a moment and decided to use three, alternating between the colors evenly. Mr. Estepheia and I thought that was cute.

I really hope Katharina will enjoy school. She's very good at drawing and at abstract stuff. She loves boardgames (and tries to explain the rules to other children), even plays chess (she always loses against her dad, but plays anyhow). She likes playing on the computer or the playstation. She just never really enjoyed toys.

Viktoria (3) is different. She likes Barbies, plastic horsies, fluffy kittens, dolls houses, playmobil. Anything role-play-y and tangible. She also talks non-stop.

I think it's interesting to observe how different the two children are. Yet they look like sisters and they get on really well together. Tina makes Toyah play boardgames, Toyah gets Tina to play with horsies. *Happy sigh*