Sat. Jun 1st 11:00am
Mind Your Manners
Mind Your Manners: At breakfast one morning, Wimzie is wiping her hands on her shirt, eating with her fingers and belching. Graziella, Rousso and Yaya explain that people don't like bad manners and that good manners make everyone feel more comfortable. But Wimzie says that all her friends eat with their fingers and burp and think it's funny. Later in days, the children come back from a birthday party where the other kids called Wimzie a "piggy" because she didn't have good manners. Wimzie is ashamed and when Graziella invites her to a special pilot and kids breakfast at the airport, she doesn't want to go because she's afraid she'll embarrass her mom. Yaya has an idea and has a "practice good manners" breakfast with the children. Wimzie and Graziella have a great time at the breakfast and Wimzie learns to mind her manners.
Sat. Jun 1st 11:30am
Picking A President
Picking A President: Rousso is practicing his campaign speech for his attempt at becoming President of the Firefighters Fraternal Federation, which gives the kids the idea to form their own club. They decide on a Recycling Club and vote on who should be president. Each kid votes for himself, except for Loulou, who doesn't want to be part of a club. Yaya suggests they make campaign posters and vote again. Again, they vote for themselves. They ask Loulou to join the club, figuring that she'll vote for one of them and break the stalemate. But once she's a member, Loulou votes for... herself. Rousso returns from his election and announces that he lost the presidency, but instead of being sad, he's happy about being Vice-President instead. The children are very interested to know that there are other jobs than President and that they each require special talent. It then becomes easy to decide: Jonas is treasurer because he's good at counting, Loulou becomes secretary because of her excellent memory and Horace is vice-president helper since he's the strongest. Wimzie is made president since the club was her idea. Finally, everyone is happy with the outcome and without even having an election.
Sat. Jun 8th 11:00am
We Can Do It
We Can Do It: The children keep asking Yaya to solve problems they could very well fix on their own if they gave a bit of thought. Rousso agrees and the new rule is that, even if adults are always happy to help, the children should first try to solve certain issues by themselves. Later, when everyone has a specific project to do, they each encounter some difficulty. Their first instinct is to go to Yaya for help. Instead, Yaya decides to put a lifelike doll of herself on the sofa and the kids, thinking it really is Yaya, pour out their project problems to "her". Since she doesn't answer, they continue talking about their problems in such a way that, out of necessity, they stumble upon the solutions by themselves. Yaya, who was observing, then reveals herself and the kids realize that they are capable of doing more for themselves than they thought.
Sat. Jun 8th 11:30am
The Accident
The Accident: Loulou comes to daycare with her leg in a cast. Horace, Wimzie and Bo are quite impressed and interested in the whole situation. However, Jonas seems very grumpy. At first, Yaya thinks he's jealous of the attention Loulou is getting so she suggests playing a game that he would like. Loulou agrees and says that Jonas is a good big brother. Jonas then bursts into tears and runs out. Eventually, Yaya learns that Jonas feels responsible for his sister getting hurt since Loulou tripped on a roller skate he'd left on the floor... after his mom had asked him to put it away safely. Things get back to normal when Jonas apologizes to Loulou and is happy to discover she's not mad at him and still thinks he's a good brother. Jonas says that from now on, he'll make sure to pick up his toys.
Sat. Jun 15th 11:00am
Happy Birthday YaYa
Happy Birthday YaYa: Wimzie and the kids figure out a way to keep Yaya out of the kitchen while they mix the batter for a special "Happy Birthday Yaya" cake. Loulou will pretend to lose her favourite blankie -- which in fact they hide in a tree -- and will take Yaya on a wild goose chase everywhere but in the kitchen to look for it. Horace has to leave for a dentist appointment but, just as he's ready to go, the blankie falls from the tree. In a rush, Horace picks it up and leaves to go to the dentist. Later, when the cake is ready and the surprise is out -- but Horace is not yet back from the dentist -- the blankie can't be found. This time, Loulou doesn't have to fake her tears. But then, Horace comes back, has a piece of cake and, learning why Loulou is in such distress, remembers the blankie still in his bag. Loulou is happy again and the kids get great credit for thinking up a clever and imaginative plan to distract Yaya and prepare a wonderful surprise for her.
Sat. Jun 15th 11:30am
The Dropsies
The Dropsies: Wimzie is being careless and is dropping and breaking lots of stuff, claiming every time that "it's an accident." She becomes upset when the kids won't let her touch their things for fear that she might destroy them. When Yaya tells a ghost story, Wimzie decides that a ghost in the house makes her drop things. She decides to stay up all night in order to bribe the ghost with candy and make it go away. But she falls asleep and Yaya takes the candy, which makes Wimzie think that the "ghost" has made off with the bargain. Wimzie then becomes confident and isn't dropping things anymore. That's when Yaya reveals that she took the candy, not the ghost, thereby showing Wimzie she is capable of controlling what happens to her. Eventually, Wimzie understands that if she's careful, accidents don't always happen