I love these mornings when Wyatt is in preschool and Charlotte and I have a couple of hours together. Just us. It is so nice. I admit it, I was so reluctant to send him off to preschool this year but it has been a wonderful experience for him and for all of us. As his first year of school is coming to an end (already!) I am filled with many emotions--excitement for Summer, dread for kindergarten in the Fall...and a little bit of reluctance that school is already over for selfish reasons. The break the kids get from each other, and I get from their fighting a few days a week, is so nice, it really is. There, I said it. Totally selfish, I know. Wyatt only has school three days a week for 2 hours each day, it's not much. But it is a
small break. Does anyone else that stays home full-time feel this way? Surely I am not
that abnormal.
I am so looking forward to the summer though, I really am. We already have several things planned including a family camping trip that the kids are so excited about. I know this summer is going to fly by and I am going to be sad when it is over so I am just trying to enjoy these last few weeks of Wyatt as a preschooler.
I am not a big planner so this is not completely in my nature but I am trying to plan some things for us to do this summer; a few projects, books to read, mini-trips to take with the kids, things I know they are interested in learning more about combined with some fun activities. I am reluctant to use the word "homeschooling" because these are things we often just do anyway, in our daily life, but I guess the difference is that I am trying to put a little more
planning and
thought into it I guess... maybe a loose version of homeschooling...unschooling or whatever you want to call it.
There is no school for the rest of the week so tomorrow morning the kids and I are headed down to my parent's cabin with my mom for the day. It is supposed to be in the mid-60's and I am keeping my fingers crossed it does not rain. We are all looking really forward to a day *away* !
