My Baby's going to school!!!!...sort of

So Jovi is officially a preschooler...starting this september. I signed her up today at Noah's Ark Preschool. She will be going tuesdays and thursdays from 9-2pm. Not knowing what the next year is going to hold, I thought this would be a good transition. If we homeschool, she'll be fine, if we do Veritas, she'll be used to a 2 day a week schedule and if we do regular school (public or private), this will be a good transition.
Here's the funny thing. I talked with the director and found out all the info-when to register, cost, how registration works, etc. Registration was on a wednesday and I (and Jovi) have BSF those mornings and wouldn't be able to make it when they opened the doors at 10 am. She told me there were only 2 spots left for Jovi's age group. I just left it in God's hands. We got there at 11:30ish. No one was there in line or anything, so we missed the rush. This also meant that we probably wouldn't have a spot and she would be wait-listed. I told the woman what age group we were there for and she said "We have one spot left.". I was floored. All I could say was "that is the grace of God".
So now we are praying for a smooth transition for her come this fall. She is doing a summer camp for the month of June, same days only from 9-12. All about transition. She is such a smart child. I am praying she will be challenged and it will be a nurturing environment for her. She has such a love of learning and I don't want anything to get in the way of that.
One last story...I love this story. So I got a book for Christmas called "Leading Little One's to God". I may have already mentioned it...Jovi calls it "Reading Little One's to God". Anyways, it's kind of like a catechism. It starts with creation and how God created the earth, etc...and moves to each major story/theme in the Bible. We were reading about Jesus' ascension and I was going over the questions at the end of the section and I don't remember the question, but Jovi's response was "Oh, Mom! I know this one. I learned it last year in Mrs. Hill's class!". Mrs. Hill was her teacher in BSF last year when she was 2. Such a blessing. More later....

Dane-tastic!

Poor Dane...he is such the second child. This is so bad and I can't believe I'm admitting it, but I have to remind myself that he is his own person, not anything like his sister. Jovi is still our wildcard b/c she is going to get through every milestone before Dane (and any other's God blesses us with, although at this point I sometimes wonder if He is smacking Himself in the head for giving us what He has...) and I feel like I forget he's a person, who is experiencing everything for the first time and in such a different way than his sister. He is so funny! And so smart! He is trying to be so verbal. He tries just about every word I say to him. Some you can make out and others are just total nonsense. Last night I was changing his diaper and getting his pajamas on and he tickled my foot and said "tikow, tikow, tikow". It tickled and it was funny and I just cracked up. He did it over and over and over again.

His routine is so nice right now. He is such a kid of routine (as is Jovi) but he seems to set it as much as need it set where Jovi needs it set but doesn't set it...does that even make sense? Hopefully it will still make sense to me when I read this in 5-10 years. What will blogging look like then? I digress...

Our current routine for Dane is as follows: he's up between 7 and 7:30 am. Usually plays sweetly in his crib. Get him out, do breakfast and any morning activity we have planned. Do lunch around 11 or 11:30. Play, read a story or 2 and change diaper, nurse, put him in his bed and he falls asleep. He stays there until about 2 or so. Up and playing again, maybe a small snack. Outside time, weather permitting. He is into everything. He is persistent! Does not matter how many times you remove him from a situation or tell him no or even pop his hand or bottom, he waits till you aren't looking and does it again, and again, and again...it's groundhog day baby style. Anyways, we do dinner around 5. Baths after if time and it's bath night. Play some more. Do story time all together "Leading Little One's to God" or as Jovi calls it "Reading Little One's to God". And then I read him another short story. His choice of late is "Nighty Night". It's a baby Sesame Street book and he loves it! He gets and comes laughing and plops in your/my lap to read and screams out their names..."Melmo! (elmo). B-Bir! (big bird) Bir! (bert)". So cute! Okay, I have to run. Dear husband just got home with stuff for the kiddos (clothes and a tent from a client!) More soon...I hope :)