I registered our oldest daughter, Macey, for kindergarten today. It’s so hard to believe that the time has come to do that already. She will turn five in July and will start kindergarten on August 11th. Unbelievable. We have an orientation at the school on May 2nd where the kids and their families come in for an hour to have a look around have refreshments. Macey will be so excited when I tell her about that! The PTA is doing a cool thing by matching up new families to the school with families who have been around awhile as mentors. And, they are hoping to match up kindergarten kids in the same neighborhoods so they can get to know one another this summer if possible. Things are just clipping right along, that’s for sure. But, we still have several weeks of this preschool year left and we have a full summer ahead of us, so at least there’s THAT. i don’t have to send my girl off to “big” school just yet. 😉
Kids
Ear Tubes…
I couldn’t think of anything more original to title this post. So, it’s just “ear tubes.” That’s because our baby girl, Mariana, is having ear tubes put in tomorrow. Last fall and winter she had a rough go of it as far as colds and ear infections, etc. She finally got some relief through spring and summer, but as soon as fall rolled back around this year her health troubles started again. The worst of this year’s bouts started around Thanksgiving. She got sick then and just could NOT shake it for a long time. It’s a long story, but the general gist is that we wound up changing pediatricians and got one that will listen to us. Her old ped was pretty insistent that her colds and such were asthma related and I insisted they were sinus related. The only time she had any relief was on antibiotics and she just can’t live on those, as we all know. Anyway. Cutting to the chase, she is getting tubes put in tomorrow to help with all the ear infections and chronic fluid she has in her ears. The surgery is “simple” as surgeries go. I’m not at all worried about that part. I’m nervous about the anesthesia. But, we will pray our way through it and continue to have nothing but hope that our girl comes through it feeling MUCH better and relieved on the other side.
The “real” new year starts…
Today, things officially got back to “normal” after Christmas and New Years. Today, Macey (our 4 y/o) went back to preschool. So, that meant we all had to get up on time, get going, etc. Which, really, wasn’t all that hard. Macey was excited to go back. She started Marvelous Mondays today which is an extended day program where she gets to stay and do crafts, cook, play games, etc. She loved it!!
I can’t get over it being January 7th. That’s wild to me. It seems like Christmas was JUST yesterday. Time really flies. There is no denying it.
So, back to normal. Whatever that is. :p