Elle and her friends

Sometimes she acts funny when first playing with her friends. She will be stern and unwilling to share. Sometimes it seems to be a territorial thing. She will state what she wants and what they cannot have. It seems to happen when she has not played with the guest in awhile. It's like she needs to show how tough she is to establish her place. Other times she sits with me and doesn't want to participate with the other child. Most of the time this lasts too long and she misses out on playing with her guest. I am sure this is some text book situation that I am unaware of.

She is such a sweet girl and is learning so very much. Her preschool teacher sent home a letter stating next week will be her last week. I was really disappointed to hear this. These little kids have a hard time adjusting to preschool in the first place. After Christmas and the holidays, for some it was like starting over again. I hope it is an easy transition for the entire class. When one has a hard time, it can affect the whole class. There are 14 kids in the class. We will see how that turns out.

On another note, next year has been on my mind. I plan to get her into the Fours class with the same teacher Five had. She will go three days a week. The subject of when to send your child to kindergarten is such a difficult topic. I see so many sides from parents, their reasons why they send them or decide to wait. I guess it just comes down to what you feel your child is ready for. You just do the best you can to make it work. I have seen the results of holding back personally and think its maybe not the best way to go. This helped me come to the conclusion to send Five to kindergarten even if he would be young. Michigan has a cut off of December 1st for attending kinder. Five was five when school started. Oh now I am getting off topic with Elle. I guess I think we will send her when she is five too. I sort of wish Michigan would be similar to Minnesota and make the date 1 September. There would be no questions then, all students would have to be five when school started. Others would have to wait until the next year and that would be it. Elle wouldn't be five by 1 September though, her birthday is just a few days after. She would have to wait a year and be one of the older kids in the class. This being said, is that a reason we should hold off? If we were in MN, that is the way it would have played out. Like I said, no questions, it just would not be an option to send her. Would she be bored waiting so long? I hate to bring up the question that maybe we will be in MN or ND or somewhere else where it won't be an issue. That brings a whole new topic to light. Moving. I am settled here as are the children. I don't want to move, for now. I do want to be closer to my family and each time we return from a trip there it is painful. It is hard to be torn between where you want to be and where you are. We are comfortable here, but still feel in limbo. When will that feeling end? When we buy another house? I don't know. Just take it one day at a time.