Ready or Not!!

I started off the month of August painting the girls' rooms.  A very dear and sweet friend, Pat helped me paint for three days.  She was so gracious to stick with me through 3 coats of  Daffodil yellow paint in Allison's room and 2 coats of Palm Breeze (very pale, green) paint in Lauren's room.  Another sweet friend informed me of the "psychology" behind the color yellow for my child's room.  I really like the yellow room with her bedding, but....well......um.....I'm a little "psyched"  about it!  We are considering repainting!  I'll let you know about that if and when it happens.

After painting the first part of the week, I spent the last part of the week working on getting our classroom ready for preschool.  Cindy T and I will begin teaching the 3 year old Tuesday/Thursday class at WEK next Tuesday.  We got the room prepared and got ready for parent orientation which was this past Tuesday.  I think I'm going to really love working with Cindy T.  Orientation went very well. 

I guess with all the preparation for me getting ready to teach, I have not allowed myself to focus on the fact that my baby is getting ready to start preschool.  I so remember the day I left Lauren in the 3 year old class just two short years ago.  The emotions don't seem quite as strong with leaving Allison in preschool.  I guess it is because I won't leave her there, I'll be with her.  I sometimes wonder if I am doing Allison a disservice by not letting her experience school on her own.  Well, she'll have the rest of her school life to be without me.  I'm going to enjoy every minute of the time I get to be with her.  

Now on to Lauren.  Well, I'm REALLY not ready to drop her off for Kindergarten.  Her first day of "BIG" school is one week from tomorrow.   We found out the end of last week who her teacher was and when her staggered days would be.  I found out from my friend, Krissy that Lauren's teacher is the one who is "requested" by those faculty members who work at her school and have the privilege of requesting a teacher for their own children.  That really makes me feel great!  I have started praying for Lauren's teacher by name with Lauren each night.  I asked her tonight to help me remember to pray for her every night.  I'm getting teary eyed just typing this.  Allison and I are really going to miss Lauren when she is at school every day.  We missed her last year when she only went on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

I'm so thankful for my sweet girls.  What a wonderful blessing they are to Bill and I and our families.   I'm so grateful that I have been able to stay at home with them and experience all the wonderful stages of their growth and development.  I just can't believe how fast these five years have gone. 

School life, ready or not, here we come!  Just let me say the beginning of this year with my own child is very different than the many, many years I started school as a teacher!!!