This morning we had Jack's first preschool conferences. They couldn't have gone better! The teachers love Jack and he cracks them up daily. Which is really no surprise to us. The kids are split up with different teachers for group time, so we only met with his group teacher. She said Jack is always so busy (yes I know he is!) and she said he loves the routine, he always knows what is coming up next. She also said he loves going outside and is very disappointed when they can't go outside. She said one day he pulled a chair up under the clock and kept asking what time it was and what that means. haha. He is very friendly and social. He participates in all the activities, but knows how to sit still and listen when he needs to. Things we need to work on are his name writing, scissor skills, and dressing himself. He can do all of these, he just needs a little more work. The other day he put his coat on and zipped up his jacket all by himself. But then we switched over to our winter jackets and now he thinks he can't do it. He says, "maybe when I get bigger I can do it."
I know preschool conferences may sound silly to some people, but I left feeling so proud of Jack. I was worried sending him to preschool of what kind of kid he would be. Would he be a bully? Would he disrespect the teachers? Would he not be able to sit still and follow directions? Would he be insecure? It makes me so happy to hear how great he is doing. And I feel like for one of the very first times in my stay at home mom career I have something to "show off" for these past 4 years of raising Jack. That may sound silly, but it's true. Staying at home is one of the hardest things I've done in my life. And it is NOT a confidence booster job at all. I'm always second guessing myself, worrying if I'm doing the right things, are they watching too much tv, are they getting enough one on one attention from me, blah blah blah. But I chose to do this, or I should say WE chose for me to do this because without Tom's support I'd go mental. I choose to continue doing this every day. Because trust me there are days when I want to go back to working full time and send my kids off to some sort of boarding school. So all in all, today was a great day and I am so proud of Jack.
Every Tuesday night I get to take Jack to his swimming lessons. I LOVE this. I love having time to just watch Jack be so happy. I love that Tom is at home with Finn cooking dinner. And I just love watching Jack have fun! His class has three boys including Jack in it. One of the boys had a really hard time at the beginning so they brought in another teacher to help out with him. Jack and another boy are hilarious together. Seriously, it's like they are brothers. They crack the teachers up every week. I have a huge smile on my face the entire half hour of class. Here are two videos. And I'm happy to say that Jack is moving up to the next level for the next session! (He is still doing skating lessons on Monday nights too, I don't have any videos of those right now but again, he's hilarious).
I'm working on teaching Finn Justin Bieber's song "baby" hahaha. It's hilarious. I'll try to get some good videos soon. This will definitely help Finn succeed in his preschool years. bah ha ha ha.
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