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A Rare Moment
It is 3:30 pm both kids are napping. I've made dinner, there are no dirty dishes and the laundry pile, although huge, is hidden and forgotten. So I'm going to blog.
All is well and busy. Taran started preschool earlier this month. It's going quite well and his teacher, although nurturing, does not treat the kids like toddlers. She really expects a lot of them which I'm really appreciating.
Something that I'm strongly considering is having Taran wait a year to start Kindergarten. I would have said NO WAY if someone else had suggested it even 3 months ago but I've been observing the differences in maturity that even 6 months makes and feeling like it really can be a disadvantage to be on the younger end of the spectrum in a classroom setting. Taran is bright and articulate but I really can tell the difference between his emotional development and his playmates with the earlier birthdays. I don't have to make a decision now but I'm leaning towards waiting. I'm not that worried about holding him back academically because we're planning on sending him to the parochial school associated with our church. They cater to teaching each kid at their level and pace. How they do it I don't know yet but I've heard good reports about this practice from my parent friends. So.... we'll see.
Tovi is another story. Okay girls mature faster but my god sometimes she's 19M going on 5. She just learns how to do everything herself including potty training. She's sometimes hard to understand but rattles off sentence after sentence. Taran at this age was hardly even putting two words together.
I really wanted to make the most of the time Taran was at preschool and tackle chores, work and errands but I relented and signed Tovi up for music class and gymnastics instead. The music class is a bit disappointing because there's only 3 kids and Tovi is the oldest. The first day of gymnastics is tomorrow. I was pretty active with Taran and I want to give Tovi the same opportunities.
My kids are 30M apart. Sometimes I wish they were closer in age and other times not. Taran loves his sister but I wish he could be more of the "kind big brother" persona sometimes. I guess it will come with time and I'm trying everything I can to nuture it but it's not there yet. I don't know if either of my brothers were ever that to me though, come to think of it. My sister was though... hmmmm
Okay lots of rambling here...
I am returning to work in the next month or so. I will stick to 10hrs/week max and strictly telecommute. It will be boring work at first but hopefully I can build up some momentum and get into something more stimulating. Okay that brings to my next topic. I will start another post...
All is well and busy. Taran started preschool earlier this month. It's going quite well and his teacher, although nurturing, does not treat the kids like toddlers. She really expects a lot of them which I'm really appreciating.
Something that I'm strongly considering is having Taran wait a year to start Kindergarten. I would have said NO WAY if someone else had suggested it even 3 months ago but I've been observing the differences in maturity that even 6 months makes and feeling like it really can be a disadvantage to be on the younger end of the spectrum in a classroom setting. Taran is bright and articulate but I really can tell the difference between his emotional development and his playmates with the earlier birthdays. I don't have to make a decision now but I'm leaning towards waiting. I'm not that worried about holding him back academically because we're planning on sending him to the parochial school associated with our church. They cater to teaching each kid at their level and pace. How they do it I don't know yet but I've heard good reports about this practice from my parent friends. So.... we'll see.
Tovi is another story. Okay girls mature faster but my god sometimes she's 19M going on 5. She just learns how to do everything herself including potty training. She's sometimes hard to understand but rattles off sentence after sentence. Taran at this age was hardly even putting two words together.
I really wanted to make the most of the time Taran was at preschool and tackle chores, work and errands but I relented and signed Tovi up for music class and gymnastics instead. The music class is a bit disappointing because there's only 3 kids and Tovi is the oldest. The first day of gymnastics is tomorrow. I was pretty active with Taran and I want to give Tovi the same opportunities.
My kids are 30M apart. Sometimes I wish they were closer in age and other times not. Taran loves his sister but I wish he could be more of the "kind big brother" persona sometimes. I guess it will come with time and I'm trying everything I can to nuture it but it's not there yet. I don't know if either of my brothers were ever that to me though, come to think of it. My sister was though... hmmmm
Okay lots of rambling here...
I am returning to work in the next month or so. I will stick to 10hrs/week max and strictly telecommute. It will be boring work at first but hopefully I can build up some momentum and get into something more stimulating. Okay that brings to my next topic. I will start another post...
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