School Updates

School!
We searched high and low for a pre-school for Ella. It was really quite a challenge, we looked and looked for a school. We toured several pre-schools over a couple of days looking for a good fit for Ella. I was feeling incredibly frustrated because even the pre-K programs were teaching things like colors and letters. Well, our darling daughter already knows her colors and letters and is actually doing great reading and starting to write - We didn't want her to spend September learning circle, red and A, B, and C.

So, we ended up looking for a Montessori school - we found one that was so expensive! It has a great repuation, fabulous skills, excellent teachers - But! - as we left the school I told Sam, "She wouldn't get a hug there." He was like, "WTH? Why does she need a hug? She's going to have great learning experiences." So, then we went to the 2nd Montessori school and has we left he said, "I see what you mean." So, we went with school #2 - which she is LOVING! and it has the added bonus of being a two minute drive away.

Now, here with school starting, Miss Anna wants to go to school as well. She sat with us twice a month through Joy School last year and knows she's a big girl ;) So, I offered her a carrot, I mean, "Hey, she just turned two - this will Never Work." I told Anna that if she went pee in the potty she could go to pre-school. So she did and wanted to go to school. It was devastating seeing those big blue eyes filled with tears because she's so sad she can't go to school. I had to explain she had to do it more than once. We have to be all done with diapers before she can go to preschool. So she did. At the beginning of September she went having gone in the potty seat maybe 5 times to going all the time! Now, the middle of October she's been sleeping without a diaper for about two weeks. Shocking! Wonderful! But shocking! I LOVE IT! I haven't bought diapers or wipes since August :) I actually have a box of diapers and a box of pull-ups that I need to return that have never been opened - I was so not prepared!