Gosh - it has been over 2 weeks since I posted here? It truly does not seem like that long.
I have been really busy working on various projects and trying to keep everyone in my house healthy. It seems the ickies keep coming back for round after round. Today, everyone is well except Owen says that his throat hurts. It has not stopped him thus far though.....
The weather here has been absolutely atrocious and we have basically been stuck in the house for the past couple of weeks. We are all suffering from a bad case of cabin fever. Unable to take it anymore, I have booked us all into a hotel in Bozeman tomorrow night and am packing the swimsuits and so extra money for room service. We are going to get out of here - if only for a day or two.
Last week, my Maya went to the Kindergarten for pre-registration. The Kindergarten teacher was totally taken aback by my demand that she give a run down of the entire curriculum and then, I requested to see her lesson plans book. She answered every single question I had and I was satisfied that she knows what she is doing and that my child will not spend two hours a day taking a nap and coloring. After I was finished with her, I introduced myself to the principle - a woman about 10 years my junior. While I was impressed with her 'air' and the way she spoke - it remains to be seen how she will handle real discipline problems. I am not going to judge her in advance though - she will likely do quite well and I hope she does. The Superintendent of the school - a woman as well - I liked a lot. I have worked in more than one school and never have I had a Superintendent be out and about in the school - let alone be working in the office helping students and visitors. Her - I like.
Yes, that's right - I spoke to every single person in authority. I think every parent ought to do that. I want Maya to be able to go to public school - but I want to be involved. That is why I accepted the invitation to be a parent volunteer in the Kindergarten next year ;-) I truly am not being controlling - I just want to know that my child - the child I prayed for and had to wait so long for - is safe and happy. That's all I want. If I make a nuisance out of myself in the process, then I will have to ask for forgiveness afterward - and that will surely never stop me!
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You know...I think that all parents should be that way with the schools today. There's too many children getting slipped through the cracks, and too many parents letting it happen.
Maya deserves the best education she can get, and she deserves to know that her parents care so much to make sure she gets it.
Maya and Owen will one day be leaders of our society, and it's good to see you making sure that they get the best from the very beginning!!
I think their teachers were more impressed with you as a parent, and didn't think of you as a nuisance at all.
I pray everyone has a great mini vacation, and gets out of the doldrums soon...we have been having a beautiful spring here in Ohio so far, and I will try to pray that it gets sent your way!!!
Love you Sis!!
Oh my sweet Lord. I can just see the faces on the poor teachers working at that school when you walk up to the door.
What in the world are you going to do when Maya is 13-years-old and won't ride in a car with you for fear of what incredibly embarrassing thing you'll do next?
But I'm totally with you. If I had kids, I do everything in my power to make sure they had a mom like you. And by the way, if Glenda is ReVersa, you've definitely got to be Versa the Third. Or ReVersa in Third gear. Or something like that.
Unless Maya wants to walk 13 miles to the school in several feet of snow, I totally have her over a barrel ;-)
I promise to behave myself - and take no prisoners should I need to go there.....
Metaphorically, of course on the prisoners comment.
My only goal is see that Maya is being properly educated and that she is happy at school. That is all I want.
Believe me, I am thinking of the teachers as well. You know who goes to school the following year and they are thinking of combining 1st and 2nd grades in this school district - which means that M and O could possibly be in the same class when she is in 2nd grade and O is in 1st grade.
I am not sure that is going to end well.
I understand what you're saying. I'm not sure what I'd do and without having any idea of what it's like to be in the same grade as your brother or sister, I'd say it is NOT a good idea to have them in the same grade. They need more space from each other than that.
That's awesome, Jen! I practically lived at my kids elementary school. I knew everybody there and they all knew me. I also kept in email contact with the teachers. I still do that, though not as much with Taylor's teachers since he's in high school.
I don't think you can ever be too involved with your kids' education.
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