Hope everyone is having a good week. Ours has been pretty good so far, just getting excited for that three day weekend coming up. There is A LOT I want to get done.
Last night Jackson had karate which means we usually get home around 7pm. After a little down time and dinner it was time to start Jackson's bed time routine. Afterwards, I laid in bed watching TV and got to thinking about schedules and the next day. Jackson is the best part of our lives. He really is. But man is it hard to raise a little human!
This year is when Jackson has really changed from a baby/toddler to a little boy. The way he acts and talks are just like you are hanging out with a friend. Which is what the goal is right? This year though, the schedules and agenda have really changed. Instead of just trying to keep a tiny human alive, now we really are concentrating on the next step. Getting prepared for school.
It all hit me and started my panic mode at his most recent annual check up. They asked me if I wanted to go ahead and do his kindergarten boosters? What?!?!? Does he need them already?!?! They said we could wait until next year, which we did but this caused a panic call to my mom. I called her to figure out: When do they start school exactly? Since I live in a different district then her how will I know when to sign him up? How do I know what school he will go to? Do I need to start looking for an after school program now? Should I make sure the daycare is actually teaching preschool lessons? What else should I be doing?
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| Jackson on his first day of preschool. |
Jackson has only ever been to one daycare/preschool. We love it. He has made great friends. the teachers all love him (a little too much - they spoil him to death!) and they do a good job of keeping the family involved. But, he wasn't technically in a preschool class yet and I wanted to make sure he was getting the actual preschool experience so he would be ready for kindergarten. Well, I got what I wanted. They split his class and moved him to one of the preschool classrooms. I was so excited, taking the first day picture and helping him get settled in his new room. Jackson has always been pretty social so I thought this would be an easy transition. Boy was I wrong. He had previously had the same teacher and class for 2+ years. Even though we knew everyone in the place that first week was hard. He cried several times and said he missed his friends. It took everything I had to keep myself from going in there and begging them to put him in a class with all his best friends. I had to remember that I wanted the preschool experience and this was it. He had to adjust for kindergarten. The same this will happen there. We live in Franklin Township and the preschool is in Beech Grove, so next year he will be at a different school with different teacher and friends, as well as a different after school program.
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| The preschool does a great job of sending updates throughout the day. |
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| Yup, that's my kid. |
Good new is he's adjusted now and loves his classroom. He has made new friends and gets to see the old ones at recess and lunch. But it was definitely a hard week. And hard for us as parents to help him adjust but not coddle him too much. This whole year has been adjusting so far, Every night after school we want to make sure we get Jackson outside for exercising, have him do a page in a school workbook to get used to what homework will be like, that he eats right at dinner, that he has some time to relax and play with toys, that we read to him so he can learn to read on his own, that we get him in the bath - no one likes dirty kids, have the battle of brushing his teeth, and get him in bed at a decent hour. Whew. Oh and we try to have him in some kind of sport at all times so usually once or twice a week we have that. All of this stuff we've been doing, but we definitely push to get it all done every night so that he is prepared.
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| Jackson at karate and swim practice. |
Here'e the thing. I love every single minute of it. Even though I am tired and my own stuff is a little hectic, I wouldn't change it for the world. Helping this little guy grow into a sweet, respectable, knowledgeable young man is my favorite.
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