Kindergarten

Five months have passed since my last post.  At this point catching up would be quite the task.  As I get the time I may blog what took place over the summer, but my goal for now is attempting to write about current events.

On August 26th Madelynn started kindergarten.  It is so hard to believe our daughter is old enough to go to school.  She has been planning this day for a long time; reminding me throughout the summer she is going to need supplies, she'll learn to read, and will probably learn math.  The kid cracks me up.

Madelynn was given a test prior to receiving her teacher assignment to see where she was.  We were slightly surprised, but relieved when we were notified Madelynn will be placed in extended day kindergarten (OEK).  We were surprised because she did not meet with qualifications for early intervention preschool a year before.  Madelynn attends 'normal' kindergarten in the morning, goes to lunch, and then goes to an intervention kindergarten to reiterate what happened during the morning.   Madelynn prefers her OEK teacher, Ms. Royce, to her morning teacher, Ms. McCann, but she likes both teachers.  Fun Fact: Ms. McCann is a dear friend of Jeremy's step-aunt, Linda.

We received Madelynn's kindergarten portrait the other day.  Who knows how long it has been in her backpack.  Her hair was really cute before she left, but by the time the photo was taken it was all over the place.  Good thing Madelynn is so photogenic.

Part of the first few weeks of school include lunch with your child.  I was really, really ill the week of the lunch and Jeremy was unable to get the time off; queue Poppa for the rescue.  My father went to the school to meet Mads for lunch.  She was quite delighted by the surprise.

The next school item coming up will be her parent-teacher conferences this week.  It's hard to believe she's been in school for five weeks now.