Just to Clarify…

Last updated on: September 29, 2009 at 11:25 am by Katrina

Just to Clarify… 2009-09-29T11:25:00-06:00 Katrina

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Hi ladies ~

After some of the comments from yesterday’s post, I felt the need to clarify a couple of things that I wasn’t very specific on.

First, Christopher likes school (and I daresay he is even excited about school sometimes!!), he just doesn’t like the process of going to school. This holds true for many other activities: he likes the playground, but doesn’t like going to the playground; he likes the swimming pool, but getting him out the door to get to the swimming pool can be like pulling teeth 🙂 The list goes on and on – he’s just a kid that’s hard to get out of the door. The reason that I’ve focused on the particular transition of him starting Kindergarten is that I would like to make sure that I’m sending him off for the day with a loving attitude – it is a longer day than he’s used to, and I want him to feel happy and supported as he leaves in the morning.

Second, Christopher has been in school before, just half-days 3 days a week as many of you mentioned. He has told me that he likes Kindergarten better than he liked any of his other preschool experiences, so that is definitely a positive! Getting him to preschool was also always hard, and that was at 9 or 9:30 a.m. and only until noon, but once he was there he enjoyed himself. He’s never been one to be melancholy or sad at school – he’s found lots of things that interest him – and now that he is in Kindergarten it seems like there are even more activities that are interesting to him and engage his creativity.

Third, we did prayerfully consider every schooling option for our son, and for now, this is the conclusion that both my husband and I have come to. Perhaps God will lead us in a different direction next year or in the years to come, but for now we feel confident in our school choice.

Lastly, thanks to all of you for your morning suggestions! The reason that C is riding the school bus is because he really wanted to – all of the little boys on our street ride the bus, and he couldn’t wait to ride with them! We actually live less than a mile from the school and I would have been happier walking with the kids for drop-off and pick-up, or driving in the car on rainy days, but he does seem happy to be riding with his friends. Driving/walking wouldn’t give us extra time, but there may be mornings when it seems best for me to take him myself and I’m totally up for that.

Thanks for all of your comments, and God bless all of you and your little ones!

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