Preschool Update.

It's happening people; it's really happening!

Antonio is going to go to preschool in the Fall and I am beyond excited for him. In fact it will be a Pre-K class. He has to be 4 by August 31st to be able to be in it so he will be on the younger side of the kids and with his shyness I'm a tad worried but I think he will be fine. He has starting to become more outgoing so hopefully by then he will be good. That is a whole 6 months away, heck he will be 4 then. FOUR! I just worry the the actual preschool class will be too young for him then because it is mainly 3-4 years olds. The pre-k will prep him for Kindergarten better than the preschool class will and if we decided to send him in the Fall of 2014 at least this way he will be ready. If we don't he can do another year of the pre-k there. The director told me that doing that would be ok since they don't repeat the year over and over again. So he wouldn't just repeat what he does this coming year again. He will attend 3 days a week; M-W 9-11:30.

The preschool, for those interested, is called Bethlehem Christian School. It was referred to me by the girl that does my hair. Her son, who is now in first grade there, (they do preschool - 1st grade) has attended there since he was 4 and he, as does she, love it there. While we were there it just felt right. I can't really explain it but it just felt right there. The teachers were very nice, 2 in each class, and we got to peak in to both the pre-k class and preschool class. The pre-k class was just finishing up a workbook type page and the room just seemed calm and positive. Not at all chaotic. The preschool room on the other hand was a bit more active but still felt and looked very in order. Neither classroom had kids running around crazy. They were just finishing up an art project. Antonio got to go in and play with the kids for a few min while the director showed me around a bit more and explained a few more things.

Antonio was not at all phased by the fact I left the room. He just joined in the fun! In fact I had to bribe him with driving over train tracks and going to the park after in order for us to leave without making a scene. :)  Needless to say he was happy there, and they even had crayons! When we toured the other school he never saw any crayons and was a bit worried they didn't have any. He has priorities!

In case you are wondering, he will be able to attend because I will be going to part time as of April 1st at my work. Hooray! My employer has decided to close our Burlington branch which is a bummer because that means 2 people are out of a job there. However, the one who has the same position I do up there is willing to work part time in Mukilteo! He and I will be able to do a job share type of set up. Until September, I will work full days on Monday's/Tuesdays and the 2nd half of Wednesdays (with Thursday/Friday's off) while he will work the 1st half of Wednesdays and then full days on Thursdays/Fridays. I'm shocked he is willing to drive that far; I am not sure I would. In September we will switch our off days so I will have Monday/Tuesday's off and work Thursday/Fridays. His wife has Monday's off so I offered to let him have Mondays off with her through the Summer as long as he was willing to switch in September so I can take Antonio to preschool! He agreed! Money will be a bit tighter for us but in my opinion it is worth it!

So thank you to all that prayed or sent good thoughts about us finding a way to make this preschool thing work out! It worked! Hooray! I am so excited for Antonio to go and I know he will LOVE it!