A New Year, A New Preschool....

Well, for those of you who don't know, I took Scotty out of preschool last September four days after it started because he was having such a hard time adjusting. I know, four days isn't a long time, but I just knew that it was not a right fit. Whether it was the classmates, the location, the teacher or a combination of all of it, I will never know. Maybe it was because he had just gone through a major relocation with his family and was feeling out of sorts...who knows what goes through a three year old's mind. But honestly, I felt relief once I made the decision to pull him. However, the teacher was not in agreement with me and voiced her understanding disapproval. Her mindset was that we had to iron out the wrinkles now and prepare him for the four year old class. But frankly, I wasn't thinking about the four year old class! My concern was my THREE year old and how he wasn't handling the three year old class. Thus, I gladly pulled him out, but spent the last three months feeling a tinge of guilt that my preschooler was not in preschool. As much as I intended to "homeschool" him, it just wasn't happening on a consistent basis and I knew he was mainly missing out on the socialization. So one day in December I had a crazy idea to check out my old church. The one I went to with my family when I was young. The one I was confirmed and baptized in. And the one my niece attended preschool at. Everytime I came home to visit, I always tried to make a point to attend church there at least once and everytime I walked through the doors, it felt like home. That's why it is no wonder when I called, there just happened to be ONE opening left in the preschool class starting in January. And though it is a pleasant surprise, it is also no wonder that my son has taken to this class like he'd been attending it all year long; like he's known these classmates and the teacher forever. So far we've had three classes and he's not put up a fight once. He goes willingly into the classroom and sits right down with a book, kisses me goodbye and says "see you at 11:15". I am truly amazed, but it all makes total sense.

Jay picking up Scotty from his first day at the new preschool




Zac waiting for Scotty to get out of school

Jay and Scotty on the night before Jay departed