The life and times of Oscar Marcos Perez-Cytron. Born Thanksgiving Day 11/22/01.
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Tuesday, September 28, 2004
8:54 AM posted by Oscar
  Oscar's second day of school... Much like the first. All of the parents dropping off kids congregate at a side door to the school that goes straight to where the "infantil" classes are. When the door opened, Oscar ran straight in and didn't look back. We didn't even get to say goodbye, because the parents stay outside. He's so happy to be in school. I knew this would be a really easy transition for him, he has absolutely no social fear and no separation anxiety--I envy him!
His school is public and totally free. It's just a five minute walk from our house--on the other side of Mercado de la Cebada. We're really, really lucky that we got him in there--thanks mostly to Christian's persistence the past month. There are kids from all over the world in his class. At least one-third of the kids in his class are from immigrant families (which is actually low compared to most other schools in Madrid).
Almost all of the kids wear these insanely cute and babyish smocks (called "babys"--bah-bees--in Spanish). We bought Oscar two (pictured) and he'll start wearing his tomorrow. Kids' fashion is definitely different here. They seem to be perceived as babies much longer, even though in many ways they are more independent and have more freedom.
After school we did our shopping for lunch: went to the fruit store, shellfish store, bread store, pastry shop, etc. I'll have to write another post sometime about the different kinds of shops in our neighborhood. It is incredible how many tiny, specialized places exist here.
Well it's siesta time... Oscar is napping and I think I will, too...
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