This update is long overdue and all I can say is, well, life got in the way! When I'm in the throws of another busy day, it is hard to remember yesterday AND plan for tomorrow. But I'm going to force myself to slow down and get back to recording the highlights on this blog. I think this could be something that we will all look back on and enjoy one day.
Today I had one of those moments where I realized just how quickly my kids are growing up. Alex went to his kindergarten evaluation. We've been talking about this for months and its not like I didn't know he was going to go to kindergarten this fall. But somehow seeing him in that classroom and leaving him there for an hour made my mind register the reality of it all. I'm so happy for him and his excitement is contagious. He loved the classroom, teacher and met two other boys that would potentially be in his class. We have one more step next week, a family interview, before we know for sure that he will be accepted. My biggest fear for today was that Alex would clam up and cry when I had to leave the classroom. But he was wonderful and the teachers were impressed, I think. They commented on how talented he was drawing, coloring and using scissors. He later told us that they asked him to count to 100, say the A-B-C's and draw a picture of himself. I'm sure they did some other things too. As we were leaving, the teacher said to Alex that she would see him next year. I hope that is a good sign!
Tyler will be attending the preschool that is in an adjacent building to Alex's school. He will only go two days a week, while Alex's kindergarten will be a 5-day full day class. As we were leaving the school building, the buses were lining up to take the kids home. He is excited to ride a bus, or so he says. We will see how that goes the first few weeks of school.
So, after we get through our family interview next week and hopefully find out that he is accepted to that school, we plan on focusing on the here and now. Alex is going to play t-ball this spring, we are taking a family vacation in May, and I'm thinking of having both of the boys take swimming lessons at the Y again in June. There is a week-long youth summer camp at our church in late June, 4th of July festivities/fireworks, Vacation Bible School in mid-July, and school starts in mid-August! Whew! With all this in mind, we are going to do our best to have as much fun as possible and take lots of pictures to share with all of you!
