School 2014

 Today is the first day of school for the 2014-2015 school year! This year Henry and Irene will be in the same school. Drop off and pick up is a breeze this year. Irene is in second grade and Henry is in third. Gavin is doing a second year of preschool since he won't be five for a couple of months yet.

This year we are doing something different for preschool. Gavin is going to do preschool online at home. Originally I had signed him up for a private preschool that is walking distance from our house. Last year he did preschool through the public school. We still had to pay for it each month as well as volunteer. I hate volunteering. I will send in supplies and cookies and any of that stuff, but (please God!) don't ask me to come in, especially when I am paying for school. Anyway, this new school did not require volunteering and I felt like it was a better fit for Gavin.

 Unfortunately, both public and private preschool cost far above what we can afford right now. I finally made the decision to pull him from it. I about cried when making this decision. I am a real believer in having children get socialization and learn how to work in a group setting. Still, it just wasn't in the cards for us. Instead, Gavin is signed up for 41 weeks of online preschool. It costs us $20 a month. He'll be learning numbers and letters as well as some arts and science.

It about broke my heart this morning while we were doing pictures when he wanted his backpack and wanted to go to his new school. I keep telling him he'll be doing it here with me. Hopefully, after a couple of weeks, we'll be in a got rhythm and he'll love it.