BBB & TK

Lots of exciting(?) changes on this end in the past week. The best of which is that Archer is now in a BBB...no, not Bed Bath & Beyond (although sometimes I wish they'd take him) but a Big Boy Bed. Oh boy! Last weekend we were trying a new babysitter so Keith and I could go to a work function (for him, not me...everything is a work function for me!) and as I lay a kicking and screaming Archer into his crib for nap, he promptly throws his leg over the ledge and vaults himself out. Hmmmmm. (That may not be exactly what went through my mind but I'll keep it mild here.) So Keith changed his crib into a toddler bed and we gave the babysitter the rundown on the sure-to-come antics. (She only looked scared for a few minutes!) So far, he's done okay with it. He's slept on the floor in the corner of the room, on the floor next to his bed, in Will's bed, etc. The first night Will complained that he couldn't sleep because Archer was up all night reading books, rocking himself in the rocking chair, just generally enjoying his newfound freedom. I'm hoping the newness wears off quickly and he learns to stay in his bed and not pester Will, especially since Will starts school this Thursday...

which brings me to the TK. So anyone who has talked to me in the past 3 years knows how much I have struggled with the Kindergarten dilemma that befalls parents of late summer/fall kids. Will is within the school district's Kindergarten cut-off so he could technically go to K this year. But he's just SO young! He just turned 5! And although he is pretty with-it and did well on the Kindergarten placement test, we ultimately decided to enroll him in the new Transitional Kindergarten program (TK) that Coronado schools are offering. I think it's going to be the perfect match. It will be kids born in the late summer through late fall and uses the same curriculum as regular K but in a modified way. Essentially the kids get more time to wiggle. Then next year he'll go on to regular K and possibly be placed in a K/1 split class, depending. So that's that! Nothing like making a final decision literally one week before school begins. Luckily the Kindergarten teachers are very nice here and were willing to listen to my debates (for both sides) and help me make a decision. Check back soon for first-day-of-school pictures!