That they're enjoying these days of sleeping in tents in the basement and swimming in Grandpa's pool and watching too much TV.
Cause I've been preoccupied. With hard decisions and a slew of changes to many predetermined plans. Positive changes I think. I hope.
Which is to say I've accepted a position as a Kindergarten teacher at a nearby charter school.
Which is to say I won't be teaching preschool this year like I thought.
Which is to say that Spencer will be starting Kindergarten this year like I didn't think.
Which is to say there has been a lot of emotion swirling around our pad.
Which, ultimately, is nothing new. =)
The decision is quite final, I think. I say that tentatively only because it has been and continues to be rather difficult to distance myself from the little school I spent the last two years building in my basement, and to say goodbye to the families and preschoolers I have so much looked forward to working with this coming year!
But I also feel the butterflies of anticipation. Kindergarten is a happy, wonderful experience and I look forward to sharing it with my son and with a class-full of new little friends.
I'm sure I'll have lots of details to add later (as I get used to sharing news of this change!), but, as usually happens on the brink of the unknown, I'm feeling sentimental about the past. About school in general. About the great teachers my kids have had and the sweet friends they (and I!) have made. About how Heavenly Father has blessed us in so many ways.
So here are a million school-days posts you should certainly not feel obligated to read =). I just want them on the record. An effort to catch up on the post-about-each-school-year plan I had when Lucy was in preschool and Kindergarten. =)
Wiz Kidz: Fieldtrips and Festivals
Finishing Kindergarten
First Grade
Second Grade
And that's all (too much!) for now =)
14 comments:
Lori, bless you in the changes and decisions and everything those bring. What a lucky kindergarten to get Miss Lori! I'll be grateful for my whole life that Julia's first teacher was you. No matter where you go, I know you'll continue to bless the lives of everyone you encounter, like you always have.
I just spent a few minutes catching up on Lucy's school years so far. Lovely! And tender. And funny. And sweet. Thank you for sharing!
Lori, I love so much about these posts! Lucy is such a lovely girl, which is most certainly a reflection of her lovely mother. You are so amazing! Congratulations on this new opportunity! You will be a blessing to so many children!
I so enjoyed looking back over lovely Lucy's school experiences - thank you for sharing. I'm sorry though to be 40+ years too old and an ocean too far away to have Miss Lori as my Kindergarten teacher - those little ones are going to get a great start to their education! I know that you have made the right choices Lori, you are brave and courageous and you always do, Lucy & Spencer are a testament to that.
Lori! What an exciting change! Those lucky lucky kindergartners!! I pray that you'll find peace and happiness in your decision! And we are all so excited for you!! Lots of love!
Congratulations!! I can understand all the emotions swirling around a decision like this, but I think that you, your son, your daughter and all the children and parents who get to work with you will be forever blessed.
Nothing so constant as change I am told.....and you handle it so well my Love!
You will be a fabulous Kindergarten Teacher! I loved my years as an educator and Kindergarten is where it is at! What school would you be teaching.
Lori, what a wonderful and yet bittersweet change! The emotions you describe remind me of myself last summer when we were making the shift from homeschooling to putting our kids in public school. At the same time that I was so excited for the new opportunities the change would bring, I also felt a longing and sadness for our homeschooling days. Just at that time, I came across this quote from Anne of Avonlea that so well expressed how I was feeling:
“Anne had a long meditation at her window that night. Joy and regret struggled together in her heart. She had come at last…suddenly and unexpectedly…to the bend in the road; and college was around it, with a hundred rainbow hopes and visions, but Anne realized as well that when she rounded that curve she must leave many sweet things behind…all the little simple duties and interests which had grown so dear to her in the last two years and which she had glorified into beauty and delight by the enthusiasm she had put into them. She must give up her school…”
We have been thinking about you and your decisions soso much. Glad to know what you landed on. Thinking of you in all the emotion. Love you and the kiddoes.
Bittersweet, growing pains, all part of change, and why we are here I know, but oh, tears and smiles meet so often don't they? Love this and you and those two!
Lori, I am so happy for you! You will be such a WONDERFUL Kindergarten teacher.
Wow Lori! Best to you with these big changes...wish McKay could be in your Kindergarten class when that time comes. No one could ask for a better teacher! We'll talk soon.
Congrats! You'll do great! Enjoy teaching kindergarten, Lori.
oh i WISH charlie could have you for his teacher this year!! he keeps telling me how boring school is... i hope it's all going well and that you are enjoying this new change and everyone is settling into a good routine with it all. loved all the recaps of lucy's school years. you are so good to write all that down!
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