Thank you Glen's pre-school!

After one week in Bequia i started to realise that Ivy was bored of just hanging out with us all day. In Brooklyn she had pre-school, a nanny share  and playdates, she needed little people and to learn new stuff. I asked Jo what was available on the island and she promptly gave me the phone number for Glen's pre-school, I called right away and spoke to a friendly lady who told me that there was space for Ivy and it would cost $150 EC dollars for one month. My jaw dropped that's about $60 US dollars, that will get you about 4 hrs of childcare in New york! So I told her I would come by the next day with Ivy to check the place out.

It was a lovely brightly painted little house on the hill above the town cemetery and they had about 30 kids when we got there...everyone in matching red and white uniforms.  I met Glenys the lady who runs the place and knew pretty soon this was going to be a great place for Ivy.  She ran straight for the swings when we arrived!

She was busy from day 1 playing with all the new toys...one thing that is very limited when you travel is the amount of toys that can be fit into a suitcase when you have to pack so much other crap, so she was in heaven here.

Ivy was not potty trained when we got to Bequia....however that situation was soon to be remedied by the great teachers at Glen's. Glenys was literally shocked when she found out Ivy still wore diapers...she said her kids were potty trained by 1 year and that diapers were too expensive on the island so they learned very fast. She told me that they will have Ivy trained in a day or 2, and so said so done. Ivy is such a little pro at it now that I am not really ever needed and she usually tells me " mummy leave me alone, I will call you when I am finished". Amazing that it happened all so easily and I really think Glen's had a huge role to play, Daddy was a pretty good trainer too...truth be told! 

Lunch was provided at school and I would ask Ivy what she had and more than once i got a reply of "rice and bones" hmmmm, didn't sound quite right but I think it must have been "pelau" a local rice dish made with chicken ( i hope!) Ivy came home singing new songs, with pretty arts and crafts and the last day which was this Friday was their Christmas party and she came home with gifts and a goodie bag filled with toys and candy...she was over the moon. Below was a gingerbread house picture frame that she helped to make, so cute and came in very handy making our family Christmas card

And there she is posing in front of the school tree that she proudly led me to to show me since she helped to decorate it. Who knew that pre-school on such a small island would be so amazing!