Change is in the Air

As a stay at home mom I am very particular about anyone that takes care of my children. I think part of it is that I am here, not working so if the care takers aren’t great I would just rather have the kids with me. When I signed Ryan up for school I really loved it, but of course all good things must come to an end.

I used to be a 2 year old teacher at a preschool, so I feel like I have a unique perspective as a parent. I know what goes on, I know how a group of kids that age are, and I know what is important for the happiness of a classroom. It makes me both more understanding about certain things and more critical of others. I think that qualifies me as hard to please.

Ryan has had amazing teachers at the school, which in my opinion is the most important thing. I have been willing to overlook some of the short comings of the school because both the teacher he had in his 1 year old classroom and the one in his current classroom were so great and he loved them so much. Well, his current teacher is leaving (she is getting a masters and doing that, working full time and having 4 kids of her own was too much). I have that mothers intuition that things in the center are about to fall apart, or at least fall under my standard of care when it comes to Ryan (there is obviously a lot going on that I am not specifically mentioning on the blog). So, we have decided to put Ryan into a new school. We have found a school that is out of our budget but my mom is helping us out, it is hands down THE BEST School I have seen. I will keep you updated on how the transition goes (it won’t start until next month). I hope Ryan loves it as much as I do. After much discussion we are going to make this work, I mean really what is more important than the happiness and safety of your child?