Pre-school!

Whoa I'm way behind but I thought I'd catch up with one thing at a time. My goal for the next month is to write on the blog every day (YEP you read right. Consider that your fair warning for the inevitable deluge of blundering nonsense that is sure to come) in an effort to resurrect my once awesome journal-keeping habits. Hopefully it will give me a chance to catch up. I am holding myself to the goal starting in November, but for now I'm trying to give myself a head start. See? I even wrote it into my calendar. In fact, you can also see where Kate tried to pencil herself in. Do you like how she even drew the lines to mark off the time slots like I did? I showed Travis and he said, "She's put herself on your schedule - that time is for her!"

But I digress. I meant to write about Kate's first day of pre-school! Which was last week. [I thought it was cute even though it's blurry because my camera is awesome]

We've gathered a little group of us and put together our own pre-school (since pre-school tuition here can be upwards of $10,000 a year - and no I'm not exaggerating!) It has been TOTALLY AWESOME!!! I know that's easy for me to say since I haven't taught yet, but so far the kids LOVE it! Kate is getting time away from me in a setting with friends her age, lots of individual attention from teachers (moms) who know her well, and coming home with these incredible crafts and treats and projects because the moms who have taught so far are freaking creative. Turns out I am the slowest to blog about it so you can read more here and here. (Thanks for letting me plagiarize, girls! Not that I had permission. Eh heh...) And while I'm at it, here are some pictures that I didn't take as well.

Kate has LOVED every minute and she feels like such a big girl! The only sad part has been watching Brooklyn feel left out. The first time we dropped Kate off at the Burnetts', Brooklyn said, "Why I can't come?" and cried all the way home. I took her home and set her up with paints to paint a picture like the one Kate brought home from pre-school, but it wasn't the same. Then today as we left, she said softly, "I want to go to Kate's preschool." Looks like we'll have to set up some Brooklyn-sized playdates and activities!

Anyway. I'm not gonna lie - my girls have been giving me a run for my money. At first I thought it was just because our house was upside-down (yeah... more on that later) but as it got put back together I decided they are really crazy. I'm seriously about to crack. Between the three of us our patience is thin and our tempers are sharp. Once one of us goes off, the rest of us follow suit and it's a vicious cycle from there. Plus with some of the stunts these girls pull I think they are deliberately trying to push me to the edge. Maybe in another week or so we'll settle down in to our "normal" life again, that is if we can break the cycle of sheer craziness that perpetuates the flare-ups. Seriously I feel like I thought I was stumbling into a mud puddle, but then turns out it was quicksand. And I am slowly sinking. Pray for me. Or send chocolate.