3rd April 2007

Into the lair of the beast

posted in OmegaDotter, Parenting, School |

Today, OmegaMom went to a scary place that she had never entered before.

It had large, echoing hallways filled with strange people.  Slashes of vivid colors.  Odd smells.  Strange sounds.

She felt a frisson of fear as she opened the large doorway and walked in…

…to the local elementary school’s “Register your kindergarten open house”.

AIYEEEEEE!

No!

It’s not possible!  OmegaDotter is not that old yet!  No, no, NO!

But, yes, she is.  And the school seemed just wonderful.

I reserve my right to be dubious in the future, but the kindergarten teachers were nice, the “activity center” lady was enthusiastic, the hallways were bright and cheery and covered with colorful artwork, it sounds like fun…

OmegaDotter was thrilled.  She loved it.  She kept asking me, on the drive to ballet class, just when “autumn” was, and why was it going to take so long?

I will admit, when I realized that we were actually there, actually getting the packet to register her for (::gasp!::) kindergarten, that this was a Real Live School that we were looking at, my heart skipped a beat or two.

Man, how is this possible?  It’s way too soon!

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  1. 1 On April 3rd, 2007, Lizard said:

    It is so hard to believe– and then when I think about it, odd that she isn’t there already, since E only misses the cutoff here (9.1) by 27 days (or is it 26? I am never sure how that works). I always think of OmegaD as so much older than E….

    It has to be fun– all the kids I know who are in K are loving it. My kid would love to go in the fall, and sort of doesn’t understand that she won’t be, but she’ll get it when we march in for another year of preschool. Sigh.

    The D will love love love it. You will be amazed at how much she will thrive. But they sure are growing up damned fast.

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