Panic

I can feel it coming...settling in my chest. My throat is all choked up. Tomorrow is my son's first day of preschool. I am dreading it.

Being the good mommy that I am...I put on my happy face and talked about school tomorrow. How exciting it is going to be. How many new friends he will make. How nice his teacher will be. How he will read new books and play with new toys. He is happy. That is all that matters.

I hope I can keep the smile on my face until I make it back to car. There I can cry and blow my nose and try to mend my broken heart.

What a long 4 hours this is going to be...

First Day of Preschool

We had my son's preschool open house last week. He will start next week. I am so sad. I have so many emotions right now that I really cannot describe it.

I have been going back and forth on this subject for a long time now. I am considering homeschooling my children but have not made a final decision yet. Soooo I put him a 2 morning a week preschool program this year just in case he ends up in Kindergarten full time next year.
I was a Kindergarten teacher before I had kids and I know how hard it is for children to come from being home with Mommy everyday to a full day K class.

I hope this year gives me a chance to decide on homeschool or public school. I would love to hear from all the moms (and dads) out there who made this choice. I am so torn.

I hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July!! It was nice to have my husband home in the middle of the week.

Staying at home can make some weeks seem very long. I am looking for some new fun ideas to do with the kids this summer. Keep in mind they are toddler and preschool age. The heat here can be brutal so there are some days we cannot stay outside for very long. We bought a wonderful house last summer with one downfall....there are only 2 small new trees in the yard. No shade!!

I thought of painting with spray bottles. Put water and food coloring in the spray bottles and let them go on a white sheet. I also read that if you put a small amount of paint mixed with water that would work as well. I have never tried this so if you have and it was good/bad, let me know.

Shaving cream in our sand/water table. Maybe put a little food coloring in there as well.

Homemade playdough which my kids did not seem to thrilled about at a party we went to.

We washed the car one hot day.

Anyone have any wonderful ideas you would like to share??