Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Starting school this August



Well it has taken a while but my daughter has mastered potty training. She has gone over a month without an accident and she is now wearing regular underwear to bed now. I can't express to you how happy this makes me. At the same time it is somewhat bittersweet though I like the fact that I don't have to worry about diapers and training pants anymore. My little girl is growing up. She will be starting school this year in August. She will only be going a half a day, but the school assured me that my husband and I could change it into a full day in the future. When I started school in kindergarten I only went a half a day. Now kindergarten is a full day. My nephew (who is now 17) started out in preschool as a half day and it was hard for him because he had never been away from his mother or grandmother. My other nephew (who is 7) had to start at a full day. It was really hard for him because he also had never been away from his mother (or should I say grandmother, actually my mother you might as well say raised them both, they have the same mother, my sister). It put the now 7 year old in a tailspin because everything was so new to him. He had to some adjusting and I mean fast. I did not want my child to have to go through that. The school also assured me that they would easily accept volunteers to help out during the school day. Since I have been a stay at home mom I know that I will take the school up on that.