Book Day at LSA

Today my daughter meets her Kindergarten teacher at Book Day, as well as gets to see her classroom, and find out who her little buddies will be in class next year. We already know about several of them, and a couple of those are favorites of hers. But sadly we also know that her "BFF" (if you can really have such a thing at 5 :-) is not going to be a classmate. She and the BFF (I am going to attempt to blog without children's names as so to steer clear of the child predators - "they" say this is a good idea...how functional it is going to be remains to be seen..will be very tough) got to have a sleepover last Friday night (more on that later...a couple of very good stories out of that one), so it was their last "hurrah" before returning to school and not being a part of the same class like last year.

Wednesday is the first day of school, and unlike many moms, this is not a time that usually brings me sadness or tears. Maybe it is because out of necessity, when I worked outside the home, we had to put her in a formal Pre-K3 program two years ago, and then she was in Pre-K4 at her current school last year...so I've been through this before. But just maybe this year will be different for several reasons...

For one, this is Kindergarten...a bit bigger deal than Pre-K, no matter how great the programs were. And secondly, it marks the beginning of the journey I am taking over the next year...we are heavily considering beginning homeschool in first grade. We love the school where she is to pieces, so our reasons have nothing to do with that. I will cover all of my thoughts on this in another blog, but suffice it to say that this MAY be her last "Book Day" or "First Day" at a traditional school. Who knows where this will lead us? Maybe right back here getting ready for first grade...or maybe the beginning of a whole new adventure...

Blessings,
Ellen