Mad Rush Preparations for School

My baby boy has reached the ripe age of 5. (Sniff, smile, sigh, sniff, sniff.) This means that he starts school this fall. We knew it was coming up, and had even tried to get him into some magnet programs. But we were rejected, oh sorry, not selected for a position in the program. No biggie right? So time to register him for Kindergarten.

We did all the appointments, shots, tests, filled out all the forms, jumped through 5 hoops and raced to the red door. Okay, so I'm exagerating, but that's how it felt. We finally got everything turned in only to discover that our boundry school is on a modified school calendar. So Ethan is supposed to start school at the very beginning of August. ?????????? Really? That fast?

You prepare yourself for them to grow up and are used to the idea and then the time line gets yanked right out from under your feet. One month. My baby? Going to school in one month? WOW!!!!

So round 2 of the mad rush starts. We get every item on his list. Apply permanent marker labels to all items and have it stashed aside ready for school.

We've fully adjusted to the idea, start looking at where the bus will come for him. We even drive by the school a few times so that Ethan can see it and get used to the idea. Life is going along at a nice crazy, super busy pace again. Ahhhhhh.

Then Monday, we get a letter from the School District. Oh, this must be the name of his teacher and the finalized bus schedules I'm thinking. "This is to inform you that Ethan has been selected from the waiting list for admission to .......". Wait, what? Yay!!!! What really? Ethan got into the magnet program!!!! Yay!!!!

Oh, I am so elatedly confused. It was so not the document I was expecting, but now we're really excited. What does it all mean? We're not entirely sure yet. But, it looks like round 3 of the mad rush is just beginning.