Kindergarten Here We Come!

Last week was a very busy Nora week!

Tuesday was preschool graduation at 6:30pm. Inconvenient for us... we’re typically wrapping up dinner around then. Instead, we left around 7:15, got in Skyline’s drive-thru and weren’t home eating until 7:50pm... when the girls are usually being read to for bedtime!

Photos by Hannah®

Wednesday we woke up to Hannah with a swollen and red eyelid. Craaaaaaaaap. I stayed back to take Nora to her last day of preschool and call the pediatrician when they opened at 9am. Does anyone else feel like 9am is such a late start time? 

Halfway to school Nora declares her belly hurts. She says she doesn’t think she can go to school. Is that a fact? I know she gets slightly carsick and these last minute “Does she or doesn’t she?” really tests me as a parent. 

I didn’t have a lot on my plate at work. She’s pulled this before - if I linger around her too long she takes advantage. Which she did. I erred on the side of taking her home just in case. 

I was mad at myself. I knew she was fine. She was not allowed anything special at home. Why was I a pushover? Because I will never forget the time I took her to Alison’s and she was sick. And I knew it. And when I picked her up that evening, she looked wretched and I will never forgive myself for that. 

So from now on it’s only home if there’s a fever or vomit. I told her once she gets into Kindergarten, you get penalized for missing school. I made her go to swim lessons that night. 

*Oh Hannah’s eye was fine. I saw a whitehead on her eyelid and confirmed with the Pediatrician it was a stye. Lots of warm compresses throughout the day and it was fine. So I basically stayed home with two non-sick children.

Thursday Tim took off to take Nora to her preschool picnic from 11-1pm. Again, super convenient time for families with two working parents [sarcasm]. Nora was also treated to Scene 75 [she loves that place, I can’t stand it - sensory overload]. 

Then Thursday evening we all went down the street a little for Nora’s Kindergarten open house! It’s a brand new school and students only started in there this past fall. I was pleasantly surprised we saw Nora’s actual classroom and even met her teacher, Mrs. Horner! I was surprised they only have two K teachers; one for all-day [Nora] and one for AM/PM classes. 

Nora enjoyed checking out the schoolbus even though I’m not sure when she’ll ride one. We went for all-day K purely due to logistics. Our sitter can’t transport Nora and the bus will not pick her up there. We had to go into a lottery for all-day K and thankfully got a spot. Then we tacked on before and after care [thank goodness that exists now] so we can just pick up and drop off on our way to and from work. 

Nora understand her time at Alison’s is coming to an end, but she’s excited. Bittersweet - she’s been with Alison since she was 18 months old!! 

Nora around 18mos!