(Pre)School Days!

It is a little hard for me to believe, but my oldest is 4 1/2 and is headed off to junior kindergarten this year.  This is his first year in school, as we chose not to do preschool last year, believing it would benefit him more to have more time at home.  In our province, he actually could be starting kindergarten this fall, even though he is barely 4 1/2, but to be honest, I thought that was a bit ridiculous.  He is still so young and active and busy and not at all ready to be stuck behind a desk.  And he has so long to be in school, why rush it?  So, to preschool, or, as they call it, junior kindergarten, he goes.  We found what I hope will be a great preschool just up the hill, a 5 minute drive from our house. Since I am running a day home and have to transport all the kids with me, it was important that it be close to us.

Wednesday was our preschool orientation.  We met the teachers and other kids and got to experience the classroom.  There were a few anxious moments for me when the teacher couldn't find Cole's name on the list or any of his paperwork!  But, after filling it all out again, I got a call that night that everything is sorted out and he is good to start on Monday. Still not sure what happened, since he was on some of their classroom lists, but at least it all worked out!  Cole was oblivious to all this and was very excited to explore his new classroom.  He was particularly pleased with the Cars stickers on the wall!  He told me several times that his preschool was the most fun place ever and the best place ever and asked me how long it was until Monday.  It's fun to see his excitement!  Let's just hope it lasts when he realizes he has to follow directions and do a little work in addition to all the fun things to play with!


I expect that I will probably cry on Monday when I take him to school.  Watching your babies grow up is rather bittersweet.  But his excitement will make it a lot easier.  He is at a stage where he separates quite easily, as long as the environment he is going into appeals to him, so I think he will do just fine!

Back to blogging

My poor blog has been a wee bit neglected for the past year and a half! I don't have much excuse, except that life with 3 boys keeps me busy!  Our youngest was born on January 24, 2012 and has rounded out our family very nicely!  I will do a blog post about him later. The bigger boys are enjoying having a baby brother and he adores them.  No one can make him laugh like his big brothers can! I have been trying to get a day home up and running, as I felt that with 3 boys, finding time to do the 20 or so hours of paperwork required for home assessments was just going to be too much.  We've had some challenges in getting kids who are a good fit in our home, so it's been a slow start, but we have a 4 year old boy right now who we really enjoy and are hoping will stick around! 

In other news, Cole is starting Junior Kindergarten this year and my Zachers turns 3 tomorrow!  So I have lots of blog fodder.

I have decided it is time to return to blogging so I will have a chronical of our lives for my boys.  Even if no one else reads it, I'd like to have a permanent record of our activities, the sweet, funny, and challenging things they say and do, and our journey together as a family.