[Pre]School is Out for the Summer!

Friday was the last day of preschool for the twins. Well – until September. They still have another year before they start Kindergarten. But this was their first year of real school and I have to thank them for making the entire process SO EASY.

Oliver wasn’t nearly as keen on the idea of school since he started (special needs preschool) when he was two. He didn’t have older siblings to envy. He didn’t appreciate the glamor and privilege of owning his very own backpack.

So the excitement and anticipation, and PRIDE that George and Eleanor felt about going to school was a completely different experience.

They never cried at drop off or begged to stay home with me. And on the weeks that I worked at the school (it’s a co-op), they were just happy to have me there. No clinging or acting out. Okay – maybe a little acting out – but that had less to do with me being present than their four-year-old-ness.

They’ve gone on field trips – both with and without me, had play dates with new friends, claimed and fought over “best” friends… They’ve been independent.

September 2010

May 2011

And now I’m the own who is proud. I also shed a tear or two thinking about my babies growing up so fast. But that’s all part of the package. It’s in the fine print you don’t read while signing on the dotted line. I guess, there’s always a price….