Kindergarten.

Well today marks the day that I said I would postpone until next year. I feel guilty, disappointed, excited and hopeful. I know that after months of sleepless nights we made the best decision for him. He is thrilled! His teacher is amazing and he is in a small class setting in a wonderful school. There.... seeing it in writing does help.

Ben starts afternoon kindergarten today. He will be in school from 12-3pm and I am excited for him. We made the decision to send him to 1/2 day kindergarten because he is ready for more and yet we want him to still have the freedom to explore, go slow and be. Our thought process is that next year we can always move him to our neighborhood school (which no longer offers 1/2 day programs - what is happening to our world?!) and he could repeat kindergarten but now in a full day setting. He is so ready for kindergarten but we just want to make sure that he is ready to make the tough decisions in HS and college. He's a June birthday, not really young but maybe just enough? We want to give him the best start possible.... sigh.....

Last night was his open-house. He carefully picked out the shirt he was going to wear - it had a picture of a fish on it. Last week when he met his teacher, Mrs. Ortleib, they had discussions about big fish. He had never worn this shirt before but chose it so that he would have something to show her. I thought it was very, very sweet. He was quiet but his eyes were darting around the room taking it all in. We could see that he was thrilled! Loved the excitement, loved the room, loved everything about it. When I was tucking him in last night I asked him "Are you excited?", "Yes!", "Are you nervous?", "Nope.". He loves new adventures. Maybe more of that should rub off on me?

We are so proud of him.