Wow, it's 3:06 on a Wednesday, and here I am, sipping coffee and casually catching up on my computer stuff. How can it be so? This morning Liam had his first ever Before School Playdate. This amazing luxury included his friend's mom picking him up from our house, taking him and said friend to play, then taking them back to her house for lunch, bringing them to school AND bringing Liam home after school. WOW!! I actually felt a little sick to my stomach about Liam not being here with us this morning, but mostly incredibly happy for him to be able to play with his friend all day. I was also happy Brendan handled NOT going as well as he did (which is to say perfectly!)
Then my parents came over and I was able to get a few things done around the house too. Brendan almost didn't take a nap, but finally did, and it definitely has been awesome. Next year Liam will probably be going to am kindergarten at his grade school, and then pm at the Montessori, so it will be a very long day for him (especially since it starts around 8, and he doesn't even wake up til 9!) And I already miss him and all the years I've had with him before school really started. But time marches forward. One consolation for me is that Brendan will be with Liam in the afternoon school (and I won't even begin to complain how monumentally expensive next year's tuition bills will be, which is sort of crazy considering it's preschool/kindergarten, but that's a rambling for a different day.)
The strangest part of all my sentimentality is that for the last couple weeks, we have had no daytime routine to speak of and we're totally full of cabin fever and there hasn't been a zen moment during our days much at all, and my work schedule's been a bit insane, and I don't like the mood in our house many times throughout the course of our days. Yet still, when I have a moment to myself I find my thoughts focused on wanting to spend as much time with these little guys as I can, before they're not so little anymore. This morning Liam got into his friend's car and shut the door without so much as a kiss or wave goodbye to Mom (though he did wave, probably with some prompting, as they pulled out of the driveway.) He's so ready to dive into the next chapter of his adorable little life, and I just hope I am too!
3 comments:
wow, playdates!
....speaking of which, I KNOW. I STINK. we really really need to stop talking about it and actually set something up. for reals. I can't remember, is post-nap tuesday an option, or no? We are going to flip her car seat forward-facing this week and I am starting to wonder if she'll be less comfy and therefore less inclined to nap in the car, which will make car trips sooo much easier.
ok...kids tuition...I need a 3rd and 4th job to pay for all this. How did our parent's do this? The only part the excites me about Lilli being in kindergarten next year is that the rates are lower than the preschool room....and becase Abbi will still be in the preschool room we get a 10% discount off that! Woohoo for having so many kids you get money off!
Absolutely, @Kathy!!
Megan, I know! It's craaaazy. That Catholic school multiple kid tuition discount is awesome. Liam's preschool is way more expensive than the Catholic school, but next year I will have him there AND at the parochial school, and I will have Brendan at the montessori preschool. i.e., we will be totally broke. Because of preschool. What? :o) Once they are all at the Catholic school it will be so much easier. And do you have a blog because I want to read yours! :o)
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