Aggies Do It Better

My baby started school today. Like, stay all day and take your lunch school. Twice a week, anyway. He did great. It has been all he could talk about for weeks, and when I said goodbye to him he gave me a hug back and said very reassuringly, "I'll see you when I'm done, Momma." I'm the one who got choked up! But I did all right. The house was so quiet all day, and when I got #2 down for his nap, it was like a ghost town! When I went to pick up #1, as soon as the teacher brought him out I got choked up again as soon as I saw him. What is wrong with me??? One of the things #1 needed was a "nap mat". (trust me, the irony is not lost on me. The prodigal son does not nap. But they do have quiet time, and he's pretty good most of the time with that at home.) So we picked up one of these at Walmart. They said it needed to have a "enclosed cover", and if I didn't have one then someone could sew me one. (I'm thinking, a cover? can't I ju...

Well, we didn't get into the County School System for pre-K. I was completely shocked to get the letter in the mail yesterday...I thought we wouldn't find out for another month anyway. But glad to get it early enough to not lose a spot in the other school. So off we went to sign #1 up for a twice a week program at a little school close to our neighborhood. He starts in about a month. I am excited and so is he. I'm sure I'll be sad when the day gets here, but this 2 day a week thing is good because it will ease both of us into him going everyday next year. And, I get to buy one of those cute "nap mat" things we saw at Walmart last year. And I get to dust off the sewing maching to sew a cover for it. Not that he will be napping on it, mind you. Otherwise, we've had a pretty busy week. Swim lessons every day, extra swimming at our pool (where #1 was quite the fishie, to my delight), taking the boys to a $1 movie at the theater. They both sat through it pret...

So we went to look at a prespective Pre-K for #1 this morning. sniff. The county school system here is apparently very good, but Kindergarten doesn't start until age 5, which is A WHOLE NOTHER YEAR. Not that I don't love having him at home with me, but ever since he turned 4 I seem to not be enough for him. He is so smart (I know every parent says that but MY kid really is a GENIOUS. His mind is a steel trap. I now know where MY excellent memory went before I had kids...) He gets bored with any activity after like 5 minutes. Which is a total pain. (sorry, but it is. It takes longer than that to get any activity set up). anyhoooooooooo........ The pre-K program is not state mandated, which means you have to "screen" your kid for it, and there's not that many spots, and they let you know like 5 minutes before the school year starts if you get in. Here's the kicker...it's ::pauses for dramatic effect:: FREE!! Most of the private preschools around here are rea...