A Day in the life of Zoe

Circle time with Ms. Teuta and Ms. Elma, Zoe's teachers.

As we recently got a bunch of great pictures from Zoe's teacher of her day at school, I thought I would try and capture what her normal day is like here in Pristina.

Monday through Friday, Zoe is up and dressed and ready for school. In January she started going by herself to school with the Buchas. William Bucha is one of her best buds and is in the pre-k class at her school. His dad is nice enough to drive Zoe in the morning to save us a trip.

Ribbon cutting ceremony at new ILG
building in Veternik.

Her school, ILG (International Learning Group http://www.ilg-ks.eu/ ) moved over the winter break to a new location which is awesome! Before it moved we had to go to the other side of the city to get to her school which was at that time in two rented homes. The school moved along with all of the teaching staff to a new location which is probably farther by miles but much easier to get to. The added bonus is that it is very near one of the main grocery stores we shop at so its pretty convenient to pop in and pick up a few things for dinner when I pick her up in the afternoon.

A chemist in training?

Anyway, Zoe's class starts at 8:30 and ends at 12:30. She spends her days, learning, singing, dancing and playing outside. They go outside even in the snow to play which is awesome. Although, it's been too cold lately for them to go outside at all. Luckily the new building has an indoor play area as well.

Zoe's buddy Marina who moved back to the
States in November.

Zoe's classmates are from all over the place! I think there are 25 countries represented in the school overall. The only drag is that there are a lot of kids that come and go as their parents jobs end here in Kosovo and they move back home or to their next post. Zoe's best friend Marina left in November to move back to the States but she rebounded and I think it's safe to say that Fransje is her new bestie here. Obviously, Julie and Maeve are her best NJ friends!!!

Zoe and her pal Fransje.
Luckily Fransje lives right down the street from us!

After school Zoe eats lunch, watches a show and in theory takes a nap. Naps are unfortunately becoming a thing of the past. Being the social butterfly that she is, we have been going to more and more afternoon play dates at her friends' houses and also at the Embassy. She's a busy little kid but seems to have adapted to the international lifestyle with no trouble.

Zoe and William playing in the snow during a Friday
afternoon play date.