I am feeling a little emotional tonight...... Ava starts preschool tomorrow. As the summer has come to a close and our babysitter has to go back to school we are embarking on a new adventure! I have 5 weeks left of full time rotations so Ava will be going to all day preschool until then. After that, for the next 6 weeks she will just go 2-3 days a week as that is all I have to work during that clerkship block. Then we get to party party for 3 months with our new baby and I don't restart clerkships until the middle of February. It's going to be so awesome (and a little sleep deprived!) I am just amazed at how quickly time goes by. I know all mother's say that, but tonight I am really feeling it. Ava has been talking about preschool for months now so I hope her excitement spills over to tomorrow when she actually goes. Fortunately (and unfortunately :( Luke is going to drop her off. I think I might be too emotional to do it, even though she will probably just run in and start playing with all her new friends and her teachers! The place she is going is really nice and a friend of mine started it about 2 years ago. It is a really clean place and they practice the montessori method as far as learning and teaching. She will start to learn how to read and she will be learning as she plays. They have an on-site chef who cooks all their meals from scratch so I won't be worried about her getting stuffed full of processed, sugary foods and fruit snacks- which makes me really happy! (I am weird like that!) I know she will be safe, treated with respect, and that it will help prepare her to have another sibling. I wanted to post a few pictures from this week to commemorate my "baby" growing up! Next step: taking the binki away! (I was going to take it away a few months ago, but then learned she will be napping at school and I wanted to increase her odds of familiarity for the first few weeks while she learns how to nap around other kids, so we will be taking it away sometime in a month)
Flashback: last year at this time...
The night before preschool.... I feel like she looks mostly the same as a year ago. She has just lost some baby chubbs and grown more hair!
Ava's favorite new game- hide under the blanket with dad and see if mom notices (of course, Ava is laughing the whole time so it would be a little hard to be inconspicuous!)
After the blanket removal...face
Happy Birthday Kari!!! 28 years young :)
Pregnant Me- 27 weeks (and 2 enchilads, a fajita, some spanish rice, and lots of chips and salsa!)
6 comments:
Good luck with today, I have to send Jane to kindergarten later this week and am feeling exactly the same.
Wow, so many changes! Time really does go by so quickly. Good luck with her first week of preschool, I'm sure she will do great and so will you:)
I can't believe she is old enough for pre-school! I was getting sad the other day when I was sorting through Drew's clothes. Never again will he wear those baby clothes! :( Hope everything goes smoothly.
Yeah for preschool! Rylee LOVES hers. I am sure Ava will too. You are getting close. You look great. I am glad that your rotation schedule will be getting lighter. I don't know how you do it- wonder woman!
Ky turns two next month and I am already worried about preschool and it's a year away! Good luck. I hope Ava loves it. I can't believe how fast time goes. It seems when you were a kid things took forever! You look so cute! Hope you are feeling well and keeping up with Ava.
Wow! Katy you look so good!! I can't believe she is going to pre school already! I am not putting Sadie in until she is 4... now I feel like a slacker. AND that I am slowly poisoning her with processed sugary foods.... woops ;)
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