Preschool!

What? Seriously? Yep.

Maximus and I toured Silverthorne Elementary today and it was such a relief. I can't imagine a better place for that little boy. His teacher, "Miss Kathy" was so pleasant and so was her assistant, "Miss Candice". Each classroom has a 10 student limit. The students in the class were such sweeties! A little girl named Sarah was proud to show Maximus around the room.

Maximus will be in speech therapy each day he goes to preschool. The therapist rocked! She races mountain bikes, is full of energy and fell in love with Maximus. She's partial to redheads and was stunned at how social and friendly he is. She said his articulation will improve faster because he's so social. He'll be working with one other boy who also has a delay with phonological processes and the therapy consists of singing, dancing, outdoor adventures and learning about dinosaurs. What could be better?

I was impressed with the classroom because it wasn't loud and the kids were very calm while they played. The classroom wasn't full of mindless toys either. This teacher uses things found in nature as part of the curriculum. The kids get bundled up EVERY DAY (unless the temperature is below 5 degrees) and spend an hour outside exploring. And get this- they eat REAL food! No chicken nuggets, frozen pizza or sugary drinks! I looked in the fridge and found white milk (no chocolate or strawberry! Score!), soy milk, yogurt, fresh fruit and water. The snack for today was fresh fruit, wheat crackers and milk. This made me relieved.

Several times Maximus told me to go home and he'll stay in the classroom. Then he'd walk toward the kids waving and saying, "gye mom, gye!" I wanted to cry.

This growing up thing is getting to be too much. He got a haircut (and now looks like a 9 year old), will be starting preschool and gave up his dodo (pacifier) except at night. I'm going to lose it. I will be that mom bawling her eyes out and peering through the windows during the first week of school.