Jaren will be starting kindergarten on Monday. I am a wreck. I don't know if he still quite comprehends exactly what it is going to be like. But he absolutely loves the idea of being gone till 3:00 p.m. He told me so last night when I tucked him in. I however am starting to realize just what a freak I really am. I have worried my little heart out. What if this happens? What if that happens? I have even worried if he will get constipated at school? Will he know what to do? I told you I am a freak, and totally not kidding. I think we are going to try our new routine I have all mapped out tonight. Just in case you haven't picked up on it yet. I love routines and rules. I like to call them my R&R. I told you big fat FREAK! If I don't have them I feel like I am spinning out of control. Don't worry there was no harm done to the children during the making of this new routine. Well at least for now. But I am sure I have done one of two things to them. Which I have comes to grips with that no matter which one it is their wife's will hate me either way. So 1 I have either ruined them because they will love R&R as much as me(JAREN). Or 2 I have ruined them because they will rebel and hate R&R(JACE). So we will start at 7:30 tonight. We will pick up toys and etc. I am hoping this doesn't take more than 15 min. Because that is how much time I have allotted. We will then proceed to shower and bathe. That's right I said shower. Jaren is going to start showering by himself. Is he to young? It doesn't really matter if he is. I made this executive decision yesterday when my boys decided they wanted to lay down in the bath. One's head ended up right by the others privates. (Names will remain anonymous to protect the innocent.) A little horrifying for a mother. But definitely innocent, and no one was hurt. Then when they tried to get out one used the others bum to push themselves up. Again innocent. But well you all know by now I am crazy. Enough said they are just to big to bathe together anymore. I broke the news this morning to Jaren, and he is fine with it. A little bitter sweet I think. My boys love our new showers. They have the removable shower heads with the little hoses attached. They think it's cool to wash themselves with them. Okay that was totally more than you needed to know. If you are still with me. We should be done with showering right around 8:00. We will then get dressed for bed, brush our teeth, say a prayer, and read a scripture. In that order. Lights out 8:30. I am really hoping this new bed time routine really works out. We are not the best at bed time, and often forget things like brushing teeth, and prayer. Not all the time, we are working on it. That is usually when a new rule or routine gets made. When we need to work on something. So we will see how it all goes down tonight. I am sure you are all looking forward to the report tomorrow or the next.
6 comments:
Good Luck!
Ya! I am freaking out for Journee to start Kindergarten too, I am so nervous I am making myself sick over it. So good luck with the bed time routine and Monday...
I could leave so many comments right now, but then it would take up too much room, then you would be mad because I took up too much of your page, which you wouldn't have time to read because it would interfere with your schedule, and then you would get an ulcer.
I love it! You are not a freak...completely normal actually! :-) Any good mom "freaks" out before their first child goes to kindergarten so you are just being a good mom! :-)
I'm reading "Parenting with Love and Logic". It's about how we should give our children choices while they are still small choices so when they get to bigger choices they are equipped to handle them because they are used to making choices on their own. It makes me think about how we have to adjust as parents while our kids grow and expect different things from them at all their different stages. Anyway, I've decided that I have to read this book again next year when I'm freaking out about sending Keyton to Kindergarten so I can just tell myself I'm letting him make choices. I don't think it will work. I'm still going to freak.
Good luck! I think Jaren will like going to a new school just like I like highschool
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