So another week of school is almost gone. Grace is doing very well. Everyday when they are a few minutes early, they do table work. We can drop them off between 11:45 and 12, but before 12 they have tablework. Already Grace tells me she does not like this. Ha! Already not wanting to do homework! But it’s usually a picture to color, and her name to trace. I love that the teacher does this, so Grace can start working on learning to write her name.

She’s also started teaching them about baby strokes, mommy strokes and daddy strokes when coloring and writing. They start their reading program tomorrow and I’m excited to see how that goes. The teacher is having us fill out a form with the names/authors of all the books we read. Of course, these days all we read is Harold and the Purple Crayon. Both girls love it.

Cate had her first drop-off day yesterday and it went surprisingly well, with no tears. I think I assumed there would be tons of anxiety (from both of us, not just her). But I steeled myself up early telling myself I would take a “okay, have fun. Be here to pick you up after” kind of approach. Very upbeat and short.  And that is exactly how our goodbye went. And when I came back after to pick her up, she was NOT the one crying. (By that I mean another girl was wailing as soon as she saw her mother). Cate was just full of stuff they had done and was very excited to show Grace her drawings and whatnot.

Cates’ class is very small but I really think that is a good thing. She’ll get more individual attention and get less overwhelmed by a big crowd.

Both girls are doing awesome all-around. Me? Not doing so well with the drive. And I have no idea how we’ll continue this spring, yet I really don’t want to keep up this schedule once the baby is born. However, one of the things we’ve been discussing in terms of Graces’ stress levels is keeping things the same as much as possible over the next year. That includes school. So most likely I’ll just suck it up and continue.

But, one thing I did do differently yesterday, as opposed to the other days, was drive Cate home during Graces’ school time.. so she could nap there. Otherwise I’d been driving around trying to get her to nap or running errands but then I end up having to sit in the car while she naps. Which is making me extremely tired. So yesterday I just drove home, realizing that if I was going to drive around to get her to sleep I might as well drive home and let her sleep there. She slept longer yesterday than she typically does in the car and I still made it back by 2:30 to pick Grace up (I have to pick her up between 2:30 and 2:45). Plus I had 1.5 hours to have lunch in peace and I could have napped if I wanted. Though between you and me, internet, 1.5 hour naps do nothing for me but make me want another 1.5 hours.

Anyhow, all in all, huge success. I can’t wait to see how things progress over the new few months of the girls being in school, making new friends, and learning new things!

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