One year down, fourteen to go!

Conner finished up his first year of school yesterday! I really think he enjoyed it and learned a lot, but I also think he was ready for a break. Although he only went on Tuesday and Thursday, it was a 5-day-a-week program, and they offer day care, too. I think only 5 or 6 of the kids are doing the preschool program, so for the majority of the kids it's been a regular week. It was just kind of sad that yesterday was a normal day... no one seemed to realize that Conner was done. I told him to give hugs to his teachers, and off we went.

They did do a cute project this week - at our conference on the 14th, Miss Jackie (Conner's teacher) told us to make a poster with pictures of Conner for him to share at show-and-tell yesterday. Of course, we meant to do it over the weekend but forgot/ran out of time, so Wednesday after school we ran up to Kroger's to buy some posterboard (Conner chose a bright orange). Then we went home and picked out some pictures to put on it. Everything he saw he wanted to include, but I narrowed it down to a few from birth to Gatlinburg last month. Then I had him write his name in the middle of the poster and arranged the pictures around it. I have to say that I think it turned out pretty cute. When I went to pick him up yesterday, they'd posted them outside Conner's room. They were all cute (with stickers and such), but Conner's was the only one with his writing on it.

I'm still not sure what he'll be doing next year school-wise. The screening for the New Richmond Elementary program is next Wednesday - it's for 3-4 year olds, but I think they mainly take the 4-year olds. They also have different quotas to fill because of state funding. Hopefully Conner can get in as a "normal" kid... our financial situation doesn't help him fit in any other category. The cool thing is that they actually have bus service, so he could ride the bus (which I'm sure would be the best part of the day!). We'll see if it works out. If it doesn't, I'll probably take him back to Family Connections 3 days a week, and take Audrey along for 2 of them so I don't have to drive back and forth to Shannan's as often as I did this year. It would take me almost an hour to get home on the days when I had to pick both of them up. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that he gets in!