Even though Hana was whining that she didn't want the vacation to end (and Manolee echoes everything Hana whines about), the night before the first day of school they were both pretty excited. Then in the morning Hana set her brand-new alarm clock to 7am, about 45 minutes before she really needs to (since we live across the street from school) - and they were off:
Already I am learning a ton of new things with Hanaya. For example, last year we (or more specifically, I) struggled with writing numbers out in French, because of the senseless rule about not making eighties and hundreds and thousands plural if the number does not end in those specific numbers (it is hard to even explain because it is so senseless - so 80 would be quatre-vingtS, but 82 would be quatre-vingt-deux without an "s" at the end of "vingt". I am sure I ranted about this in some previous post). The first night of school, I learned along with Hanaya that when it comes to millions, you always add an "s" at the end, no matter where that falls in a number. Textbooks do not apologize for this random paradoxical rule that refutes all the other "exceptions". Sigh... of more sighs to come this school year!
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