3 Weeks Notice

3 weeks into school… what a whirlwind… finish remodeling a house... Pack our house... Start kindergarten... Anthony’s evening work schedule begins again... Move... Unpack... Try to get a new routine…

TOO MUCH for me to handle in 3 weeks!!! However, the kids have done well, and Anna has seemed to thrive at school. She loves being social and her teacher seems very kind.

Things I’ve learned about Anna and Kindergarten in 3 weeks:

School makes us all tired! Early morning for me and also she’s TIRED in the afternoon. We’ll get through it, but I didn’t anticipate this fatigue (and her subsequent grumpiness) very well.

Joshua has adjusted surprisingly well. I was worried he’d be very upset. He does miss her and wants to pick her up right away, but he does fine at Preschool on his own.

Our morning routine still isn’t set very well. I’ve forgotten my lunch (not hers) 3 times in the last week. I blame moving to a new house.

I can’t wait to meet the kids in her class. They have the best names. My personal favorite is Whisper. Love Asheville hippies.

We’re still trying to figure out the best time to get her to talk. It seems to be bedtime or in the car. Any time Josh isn’t around. She likes her daddy the best. I need to learn to ask better questions – a lot of the time she acts like I’m crazy to ask her anything. She doesn’t understand that I wish I could watch everything she does!

Anna is VERY into following the rules and getting her just rewards. I know this is a great thing (hopefully not in trouble very often), but as a good friend pointed out, I’m struggling theologically with this. We obviously want her to heart to dominate her actions – that she would be kind and compassionate, not just seeking to win every time. My friend told me she’d be okay, which is good, because I just see her turning in to a competitive mini-ME!

I now understand what extra-curricular activities are and that we cannot handle very many.

Dropping her off in the car line and watching her march in all by herself is much harder than I expected. She looks so small. But she insists she doesn’t need me (she even told me that she did NOT want Anthony or I to visit or eat lunch with her!!!).

Bottom line: we have a Ms. Independent on our hands. Good thing we also know a great and wonderful God.

It seems like all of this is totally normal for kindergarten, but it is certainly a new season for us to experience!