Today was the day that we registered Creston for Kindergarten......as you know, we've been struggling about whether or not to homeschool him....and I've been working with him here for the last few months to see how that would go.
I found out a few things while doing this with him...........
1. I found out that he is VERY SMART and actually is getting a lot of stuff NOW that he wasn't getting a few months back.....(I suppose that's the way that it goes!).
2. I found out that I have very little patience for doing this, but muddled through it.....sometimes crying because I felt like such a failure for not knowing HOW to get my child to understand certain things (however, I would usually take a few breaths, and figure out how to exlain it after a period of time)....
3. I found out that it is very difficult to get Creston to keep his attention on what we are working on while Mackie is running around or hollering from the confines of his room....
4. I found out that Creston does best in the morning hours and not very good at all after lunch.
5. I found out that more than anything, kids learn at their own pace and just because Creston can't count from 13-20 doesn't mean that he won't be able to in another month or two!
6. I found out that anything is possible if you put your mind to it and if you work hard enough at it.
Which leads me to the following...
I found myself starting to think about what it would be like for Creston and for me and for Mackie if we DID send him on to Public School. The thought of this frightened me after I had spent so long thinking about keeping him home. Would this be best? Would I be doing this because I am a lazy parent that doesn't want to be solely responsible for his education? What would everyone else think if I did?..........or if I didn't? I acutally started making myself sick thinking about all of the "Ifs". Mark and I talked about it and decided that we would go ahead and do what we needed to do in order to get him registered with Freedom Trail.....(our local elem, school is closing down after this school year). We would do the medical paperwork and get everything together and go to the Registration and decide after we had seen what they had to offer him.
I prayed and prayed that we would do the right thing for Creston......and once we drove onto the property....a peace came over me.....suddenly, I wasn't worried about it anymore...we hadn't even yet set foot inside, but I knew that it would be o.k.
Once inside, Creston was taken to the K-Classroom while the parents had a meeting in the cafeteria. After the meeting, we went to get Creston and did vision screenings, dental screenings, and he was fingerprinted (for us to have a record of his prints!). After all of that fun stuff, we were invited to eat lunch in the cafeteria with the boys! I told Mark to make sure to explain to Creston what to do when getting his lunch and then we ate and then Mark took him and showed him where to put his trach and tray when he was done.
He seemed to really be at ease in the place, and so were we. I was really and truly impressed with the staff, the building, and the general feeling that the people there truly care about the kids that are at that school! Mark actually knows QUITE A FEW of the employees there either personally or through the High School or School System in General. We wouldn't feel like we were leaving him with strangers. That means a lot to us!
Soooooooooooo.....................we have decided that Creston will attend Public school this fall. Now we begin the fine task of getting all of his "stuff" together so he can go. Supplies, clothes, ect.
I think all in all, he'll like it and he'll have fun! I sure do hope so at least!!!
Waiting in line for the vision screening...
Waiting in line for the Dental Screening....(Mackie is a NUT!!!) 
I liked his bunny necklace!!!
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