Thinking about it Tuesday

[chrisy01]

Good morning! What’s happening ladies?

[jewels]

morning! I'm in the office today, getting used to the new routine...

[guster]

Hi! Happy Tuesday!!
The painter is here to prep the walls and the kids have been through every board game we own. I'm trying to dig through my summer dresses and make a pile to donate.

[tgrimes]

I'm working from home again today. M is still complaining about her stomach, even though I upped her dose of miralax.

jewels I thought I had saved your new routine but can't find it. What are you giving him again for constipation?

[tgrimes]

jewels Never mind. I found it!

[klong11]

I'm at work. Today is mh's birthday. He's going to band practice, so I won't actually see him at all today. I was thinking of getting his friend's address and sending pizza over there for all of them. Idk.
I asked him yesterday what he wanted as a gift because I'm not buying him anything he doesn't as for and he sent me these figures to preorder. They won't arrive until November. ok...if that's what you want.....weirdo.

[chrisy01]

Just at work. E had her dentist appointment yesterday and did well. I’m tired and just want to go home.

[jewels]

tgrimes LMK if you have any questions about it. It seems to be going well. But you have to make sure they drink a ton of water. Like 50% more than usual.

Also, if your kids won't drink it in the water, I've heard some people having success in a small amount of a smoothie.

[trtlcrzy]

Morning. We had fun yesterday even though I was feeling pretty negative about it. We went early and checked out the zoo up there, and it’s really nice. We will have to go again when we have more time and DH can come. We didn’t get home until almost 9 so it was a long day. I don’t have anything really planned for today, although we might run some errands. I work tonight and I’m sad I can’t put my baby down to sleep for the last time before she turns one. Let’s be honest though, she will be up shortly after I get home from work anyway. Can’t believe tomorrow is a whole year, it’s crazy to me.

[tgrimes]

trtlcrzy It definitely does not seem like it's been a year. Crazy!

[jewels]

wow trtlcrzy, it does not feel like a year already!!

[jewels]

Guys, I am so mad and I need to just bitch for a second.

You know I have been struggling as to if B should start K or not. I was 95% sure he was going to wait. I signed him up for a 4+ class at his current school for kids that are being held back and kids that just miss the cutoff. It starts NEXT WEEK. 2 weeks ago I was emailing the director about my wishy washiness and how I hadn't quite decided yet and she assured me he would have a spot in the 4+ class no matter what.

Last night at 8PM they sent an email out that they are doing away with the 4+ class and combining it with the regular 4 class. Not only does this mean it will be a huge class, but it means he is repeating exactly what he did all year, and with kids over a year younger than him. I know, logically, that if I am going to hold him back he will always be with kids a year younger than him. But... I am mad. B literally gets the short end of the stick at every single turn.

Yes, I can move him, if I could find a full time spot at another day care that offers a 4+ /transitional K program, but A) I don't want to move him Again. And B) I only know of one other in our town and it's a place I don't care for.

[tgrimes]

jewels OMG, I'd be pissed. I'm sorry. Did you message the director and ask why they were doing this?

[mwhip]

That's so frustrating jewels. I hope you can figure out what will work best for him and you quickly.

[mwhip]

Prime purchases now include new Christmas lights, a knee massager, toy for Evie for shot night reward and a new LOL water bottle she can decorate. Really important shit here. And I'm stressing about our finances since I have to get into savings, but am buying stupid shit.

I have shown a lot of restraint. I keep seeing things pop up that I'm like, damn, if H was working, this would be on the way to us...

[jewels]

Jun 22, 2021 10:05:35 GMT -6 tgrimes said:

jewels OMG, I'd be pissed. I'm sorry. Did you message the director and ask why they were doing this?

The email basically made it sound like they did not have enough kids in each group to make it worth while.  But I did email her expressing my concern and how upset I was at the last minute notice.

[inthekitty]

jewels, grr. That's frustrating. I hope you find a good option for him.

[lahdeedah]

That’s straight BS jewels. I would be pissed, too. At least in the transitional he would be with kids more on his level and still learning new stuff. Even if there weren’t enough kids enrolled in the transitional class, she should have made the disclaimer in the beginning that if not enough kids enrolled, they would be combined. Is there a teaching assistant in that class? Maybe you could suggest that one of the teachers do a focused lesson for the older kids when it’s time for their education. I’m sorry you’re having to deal with this now. Vent away because I’m sure we would all feel the same.

[inthekitty]

Nothing exciting here today. I got a lot of work done so I'm taking a break to exercise. The girls have riding lessons today and for once it won't be raining.

[jewels]

Jun 22, 2021 11:45:20 GMT -6 lahdeedah said:

That’s straight BS jewels . I would be pissed, too. At least in the transitional, he would be with kids more on his level and still learning new stuff. Even if there weren’t enough kids enrolled in the transitional class, she should have made the disclaimer in the beginning that if not enough kids enrolled, they would be combined. Is there a teaching assistant in that class? Maybe you could suggest that one of the teachers do a focused lesson for the older kids when it’s time for their education. I’m sorry you’re having to deal with this now. Vent away because I’m sure we would all feel the same.

I basically asked this question in my email - There are apparently 4 teachers in that class, I believe 1 of them is PT.  So I asked if they could split the kids up into 2 groups so they're not repeating all the same lessons as last year.  

[lahdeedah]

Jun 22, 2021 11:48:09 GMT -6 jewels said:

Jun 22, 2021 11:45:20 GMT -6 lahdeedah said:

That’s straight BS jewels . I would be pissed, too. At least in the transitional, he would be with kids more on his level and still learning new stuff. Even if there weren’t enough kids enrolled in the transitional class, she should have made the disclaimer in the beginning that if not enough kids enrolled, they would be combined. Is there a teaching assistant in that class? Maybe you could suggest that one of the teachers do a focused lesson for the older kids when it’s time for their education. I’m sorry you’re having to deal with this now. Vent away because I’m sure we would all feel the same.

I basically asked this question in my email - There are apparently 4 teachers in that class, I believe 1 of them is PT.  So I asked if they could split the kids up into 2 groups so they're not repeating all the same lessons as last year.  

Yeah a class large enough for 4 teachers is crazy. If that’s the case she should keep the transitional class and ask some of the parents of the older 4’s if they would be comfortable with the older kids class to see if that would work out.

[lahdeedah]

Hi. Today was supposed to be another rainy one, but it’s beautiful outside. We got a lot of the rain overnight. Some of the properties are flooded, but not ours. We decided to go out to the outlets just for an outing. I’m not looking to buy anything, so just browsing for really good deals. We’ll go to the beach later. My brother and SIL went out early to do something for their anniversary. My brother wouldn’t tell us what he has planned, so I hope they are enjoying the day.

[nam2013]

jewels wth?! I’d be so angry, especially since options are limited at this point!!!

[jewels]

Jun 22, 2021 11:51:46 GMT -6 lahdeedah said:

Jun 22, 2021 11:48:09 GMT -6 jewels said:

I basically asked this question in my email - There are apparently 4 teachers in that class, I believe 1 of them is PT.  So I asked if they could split the kids up into 2 groups so they're not repeating all the same lessons as last year.  

Yeah a class large enough for 4 teachers is crazy. If that’s the case she should keep the transitional class and ask some of the parents of the older 4’s if they would be comfortable with the older kids class to see if that would work out.

I believe they usually have 3 teachers per class there b/c of the F/T hours, to cover the whole day.  There are 20 kids listed in the new class.  As far as I can tell, there were between 8-10 kids supposed to be in the older 4s. There are 10-12 regular 4s.  So they could easily split it to 2 classes of 10ish each with 2 teachers.  But I am guessing it wasn't financially worth it to them.  

I emailed them almost 4 hours ago and haven't heard back which is annoying the crap out of me.  I mean, I know they are just gonna feed me the bullshit that they'll work with each kid, etc. but still, I want a response!

[jewels]

Jun 22, 2021 12:11:20 GMT -6 nam2013 said:

jewels wth?! I’d be so angry, especially since options are limited at this point!!!

I also don't really want to change schools again.  We started there just last summer.  B doesn't handle change super well, and he loves his friends and teachers.  
Of course, I have spiraled anyway and looked up all the places near me that might have an option.  Most are religious schools and I am not comfortable with that.  

[nam2013]

Dh did not have to supervise finals today. The kids would both have substitute teachers today, and ds would only have a half day, so we let them play hookie & went to ds’ favourite zoo. They were sooo happy when we told them!

Ds really has the sweetest soul, he got genuinely emotional when he saw the okapi’s again for the first time since the whole pandemic started ‘they are so beautiful mom, I don’t know why, but i love everything about them’.

Poffertjes for dinner and the festive day was complete. I’m no relaxing with a rubarb crumble I made yesterday, it turned out sooo good!

[nam2013]

Jun 22, 2021 12:15:16 GMT -6 jewels said:

Jun 22, 2021 12:11:20 GMT -6 nam2013 said:

jewels wth?! I’d be so angry, especially since options are limited at this point!!!

I also don't really want to change schools again.  We started there just last summer.  B doesn't handle change super well, and he loves his friends and teachers.  
Of course, I have spiraled anyway and looked up all the places near me that might have an option.  Most are religious schools and I am not comfortable with that.  

Hopefully they’ll provide him with enough challenges. And good friends and teachers are so important too .

ETA also those ratios are amazing! Seriously dds class has 25+ 4-6yo kids and 1 teacher. For what it’s worth, all schools are like this over here . With kids 4-6 I mean. Most time this works great, the big kids often feel really big and proud, being able to do bigger tasks, help the teachers, explain stuff to the younger kids.

Maybe they’ll make small groups for activities with the bigger kids?

[tallb]

jewels the last minute stuff is super annoying. We had j in a mixed age prek class for two years in a row and he was younger for a year and then older for the year and he did great and was very close with his teachers. With that size group they likely break out in centers or allow for differentiated instruction based on ability if it's academic based.

I'd be annoyed but then let it go before sending to a whole new school...unless you sign him up for K.

[tallb]

J and N are at camp finally. Yesterday was super hot though and j banged his head on the door at pickup and then had to throw up a bit later...so we went right to urgent care and it's unclear if heat related or mild concussion, but he perked up by the time we got home. That was pretty scary though and am anxious about how today is going..it's cool today and we sent Gatorade as well.

Otherwise they had the best time and I am so relieved. I don't think she used the bathroom at all yesterday, so hopefully today she does🤞.

[nam2013]

tallb oh no, so scary, glad he’s okay!