Well, Haven loves kindergarten. She likes riding the bus and eating hot lunch (unless it is tacos or cheeseburgers.) She likes her teacher and her classmates and her favorite part of school is recess.
I was really only a wreck about it for the first two or three days. It is still a little wrenching every time the bus pulls away with her on it. It has been nice having days to spend with Audrey. We get one-on-one time, just like Haven did when she was a baby, which is very satisfying for both of us. I also get a lot of stuff done. Which is great.
I am a little concerned because the work Haven is bringing home from school is stuff she learned when she was three. Haven KNOWS what a circle is. She knows her days of the week. I'm not sure what to do about this. I have signed her up for more dance classes and also for a two hour art workshop every Wednesday, in lieu of the early out.
Haven has also been extremely sensitive since starting school- she cries at the drop of a hat. Other mothers assure me that this is normal for about 6 weeks until they get into the swing of school. I hope so, because Haven is kind of hard to be around when she's like this.
All in all I think this transition is good for our family, and I already find myself looking forward to Audrey starting school, well, a little. I also clutch her a little tighter when I think of it, because I know I will have moments of extreme loneliness with them both gone. I swear I have had empty nest syndrome from the time they were each born.
Denver!
7 years ago
