school

i'm bored. and i'm boring. and i have no idea why it is that these are the moments i always feel like blogging. it's not usually when something really fun or exciting has happened, it's when i have nothing particularly interesting to say and have nothing better to do. so, sit back and prepare to be absolutely underwhelmed.

today we have a parent/teacher conference with kieran's teacher. the last one was fairly uneventful and they simply checked off a sheet and read it to us, no real added information, no "We just love your son, he's a great kid, he shares well, he's really bright and a great example". kieran's teacher and her assistant are very capable but not what i would call sweet or very nurturing. i think a little personal comment about your kid goes a long way and she just isn't like that. at the last conference the quiet student teacher could tell aaron and i were hoping for something other than someone reading off the checks and plus signs on the sheet in front of us and at the end she leaned forward and said "You should be very proud of Kieran, he's a really smart." that went a long way for us, but sadly, there's no sweet student teacher this semester and who knows what will happen.

after the conference we can register kieran for kindergarten for next fall. with schools of choice we've been visiting schools, talking to friends and neighbors, making the rounds. kieran will be a young kindergartener but i think he's ready. as it is now he attends preschool every morning, taking the bus to and from school (it's a little bus with seatbelts, it's so cute!) and while i could hold him back i feel like there's not much i could do with him for this interim year that would prepare him as well for kindergarten as this special pre-k program is in.....so......i find myself looking for a sweet, nurturing kindergarten teacher who just loves kids. as they say, it takes a village and we rely so much on these educators to assist in the raising of our children. i want someone who doesn't just check things off the sheet, who really knows my son and tells me what her impressions of him are. i am so excited for him to go to school, to make new friends, to have a new teacher, to become more independent, to learn about life and his new little society, to have his own experiences, but man-it sure is hard to except that he'll be grown up enough to be a kindergartener next fall.

i guess for today i'll settle for a conference with his teacher that will at least provide me with a sheet of his abilities and maybe (fingers crossed) an insight into our child from someone in this village of ours.