Back to School, Back to Blogging...
It has been a few weeks since the bittersweet sound of the school bell rang for the first time this year, and I want to blog about this year .... because September always signifies a new beginning to me. I am now a stay at home / work at home Mommy, which is a HUGE change from the get up and go to work / daycare life the kids and I had been living the past few years. I felt it was time to really take a close look at what was / wasn't working for the family, and LOTS of sleepless nights later, we came to what I think is the best decision we've made in recent months! With that, we moved to a cozy little house in East Abbotsford, so logistically it no longer worked for Chloe to go to school in Ft. Langley. It was the hardest pasrt of making the change, by far, as she has developed so many close friends at the school, and we never could say a bad thing about it, but it was just TOOOOO far to drive every day now. Chloe has always been VERY social, and easy to make friends, so I wasn't totally worried, I knew she would make new ones, but it doesn't make it any easier to leave the friends you already have. The first week, I REALLY felt the guilt of moving her school on a few occasions, because of course, girls ( and boys) in grade 4 can sometimes NOT be the sweetest! I wondered one day after school if we did the wrong thing, and if she would have been happier if everything had just stayed the same & I worked at the salon etc etc....but she is learning that somethimes things have to change for the whole of the family, and now that she is at a new school, she has the chance to make double the friends.
On mornings when getting ready for school isn't followed by a 1/2 hour drive,a morning spent against her will in daycare, and a nagging Mom who won't see her til 6:00 that evening, I KNOW this is wayaayayayay better for the kids in the long run.
One of the most simple changes this has brought in our life is NO MORE HURRYING! We live 5 mins from school , and after we drop Chloe off, Reece has asked every day..." Can we please play at the playground Mom?" Normally I would have had to say "No , honey Mommy has to get to work...I'm, going to be late!" But I LOVE more than anything, being able to say yes, seeing him play with a huge smile on his face, and not having to say "hurry up"......because we don't leave until HE is tired of playing!
It has been a few weeks since the bittersweet sound of the school bell rang for the first time this year, and I want to blog about this year .... because September always signifies a new beginning to me. I am now a stay at home / work at home Mommy, which is a HUGE change from the get up and go to work / daycare life the kids and I had been living the past few years. I felt it was time to really take a close look at what was / wasn't working for the family, and LOTS of sleepless nights later, we came to what I think is the best decision we've made in recent months! With that, we moved to a cozy little house in East Abbotsford, so logistically it no longer worked for Chloe to go to school in Ft. Langley. It was the hardest pasrt of making the change, by far, as she has developed so many close friends at the school, and we never could say a bad thing about it, but it was just TOOOOO far to drive every day now. Chloe has always been VERY social, and easy to make friends, so I wasn't totally worried, I knew she would make new ones, but it doesn't make it any easier to leave the friends you already have. The first week, I REALLY felt the guilt of moving her school on a few occasions, because of course, girls ( and boys) in grade 4 can sometimes NOT be the sweetest! I wondered one day after school if we did the wrong thing, and if she would have been happier if everything had just stayed the same & I worked at the salon etc etc....but she is learning that somethimes things have to change for the whole of the family, and now that she is at a new school, she has the chance to make double the friends.
On mornings when getting ready for school isn't followed by a 1/2 hour drive,a morning spent against her will in daycare, and a nagging Mom who won't see her til 6:00 that evening, I KNOW this is wayaayayayay better for the kids in the long run.
One of the most simple changes this has brought in our life is NO MORE HURRYING! We live 5 mins from school , and after we drop Chloe off, Reece has asked every day..." Can we please play at the playground Mom?" Normally I would have had to say "No , honey Mommy has to get to work...I'm, going to be late!" But I LOVE more than anything, being able to say yes, seeing him play with a huge smile on his face, and not having to say "hurry up"......because we don't leave until HE is tired of playing!
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