July 2014

July 2014
Isaiah 4 years old, Jonathan 2.5 years old

    We've been talking a lot with Isaiah about starting pre-school this Fall.  Weekly Jaime and I will enthusiastically say to him,  "After summer is over, you get to start going to school...meet new friends, start learning new things..."  To which he angrily replies, "NO SCHOOL!!! (with a growling look on his face)." And then we have Jonathan who is always intently listening chime in, "I want to go to school Mama, I want to go to school !!!"
    I did not start Isaiah in pre-school at the "usually" age of three because I knew he was not ready.  Isaiah is more reserved, quiet, and timid in social situations.  I knew it was best for him to be home with me and working on his inner strengths instead of being thrown into an environment he will have YEARS to develop in.  I now feel Isaiah, at four, is ready to go be with his peers in a classroom setting.  I did not realize I was going to be making the same decision for my social, chatter-box two-year-old as well.  But from his pleas to go to preschool too and the fact that he is fully potty trained Jonathan will be starting preschool in the Fall as well.  Oh boy, there are some serious changes happening at our house.  And yes, I am weepy!!!!  
   

This day, I could not get over BOTH of their long boyish legs.  They are getting so, so BIG.