Time sure does fly! Big will start his second year of primary school this week! So exciting, we had a bit of drama last year, he says "the day is too loooong" and that he misses me so we have had a few tears last term. He has really enjoyed the Christmas break I just really hope we can get over his anxiety which reared it's ugly head due to big changes in his class half way through the year. This ment he had 3 seperate teachers for writing, reading and maths plus his regular teacher. Now mine is a boy that dislikes change in a big way. The reason he was going out of class was so that his teacher could focus on the new, new entrant children as Big was reading etc at a higher level than the newer kids, to be expected when big had been at school longer. Anyway the change has disrupted him and is kind of making him dislike school which is not fun, for a child or the parent, it breaks my heart to see him sad on school mornings, I even creid a couple of times. I took him to the school last week to check out his new class and to boost his confidence and his new teacher was there I am sooo happy, she is just fantastic and I had a great chat with her, she has two boys of her own and her oldest had similar issues last year, such a relief to know she gets what's going on! So things are looking up for big!
Little starts kindy next week and he is so excited it's right next to Bigs school which is very convienient for me with my kid mover, what I call my van as not only do I have two boys of my own but I also care for 3 other littlies for a living, my life is filled with lots of kids and lots of fun but yeah kindy and school drop offs with 5 kids in a van means five seat belts to buckle, unbuckle and buckle again, (Big is helpful with this!) 2 littles in a double pram and 3 kids walking plus carrying school bags, nappy bags etc etc it's just a mish twice a day! So Little is excited, bought him a new lunch box and drink bottle, cut his hair ready for term 1. I just can't believe he will be four years old in a few short months. Four? your thinking don't children start around three years old, yep, unless you have been on the waiting list since he was 2 and then AKA decides longer hours for kindy kids are a good idea so the 90 children allowed to be enrolled in Kindy drops to 40 children so you have to wait an extra year. Yup frustrating. So we had a look at another kindy and went for a few weeks but it just didn't fit, didn't feel right, so we waited and I got to spend an extra year with my little guy. We went and visited our Kindy and the teachers were as warm and kind and caring as they ever were and it felt good. So Little starts on Wednesday!
