All three kids started school this week. Separate schools. I’m not sure what I was thinking last Spring when I filled out the enrollment forms.
Why didn’t I remember the transitory social speed bumps that Liam experiences every September? Or consider that Nora might have significant going-to-kindergarten anxiety? Or weigh the possibility that Henry and I might both feel overwhelmed learning the ins and outs of a parent cooperative preschool?
Did I mention that one of the schools is an experimental, multi-age academy in its first year of operation whose focus includes environmental sustainability?
Oh, yes.
But why look back there? I am here–criss-crossing town in my gas-guzzling people-mover giving pep-talks, mopping tears, taking notes, kissing hands and returning paperwork.
Onward and upward.
I just hope no one checks the size of my carbon footprint.
OINKtales 
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September 4, 2009 at 10:04 pm
Kristen
Minus the gas guzzling, killing the environment vehicle, it’s entertaining to envision you doing the hippie mom thing. “Parent cooperative preschool?”
Yeah, I’m experiencing the transitory September speed bump myself.
September 5, 2009 at 4:52 pm
Lisa
I understand part of what you’re going through. I felt like I spent the bulk of last year, Julian’s first year of life, in the car, shuttling Anna back and forth to her hearing-impaired preschool. She made fantastic progress, going from 1 SD below to 1 SD above mean for auditory-verbal skills in one year. But my visions of walking with her, Julian in the Ergo, to the community preschool we can literally see from our house were shattered, along with my hopes of letting the car collect dust.
September 15, 2009 at 10:51 pm
Mary
I am quickly realizing that there’s a reason that people say, “The best laid plans…” So glad Anna’s school has helped her progress!