I have been asking a lot of people their opinions of holding November birthday kids back a year before starting kindergarten. I am shocked to discover the majority of people who have late birthdays do hold their kids back. Wow this was a huge shocker for me. We have a lot to think about, but luckily don’t need to make the decision for another year. I love the idea of having the kiddos home an extra year but I have to decide what is best for them. Anyway it was pre school day and I wasn’t working. I dropped the kiddos off, they were so excited to go since they missed last week. I went to the gym then came home. I wanted to start painting the kiddos room. But by the time I got started, everything upstairs and prepped, I only got a little of the painting done (just primer on some of the walls). We came home and the kiddos played. They have been fighting over trains so much lately, Nicole wants to play with what Justin has. I finally started playing babies with Nicole to distract her. I am trying to remember to have the kids start helping more around the house, like dishwasher, clear their plates, etc. They are at such stage that they want to help, I better take advantage of it. The kiddos watched TV while I tried to build their new kitchen/bbq combo thing. I gave up on step # 6 after I hammered my thumb. We hadn’t been to the park in a while so we headed to Blue Gum with trikes. We had such a great time, swinging, sliding, playing, etc. When we got home we walked to find daddy and he drove us home. Daddy worked on building the kitchen and the kids assisted. Finished it and the kids played with it a bit. We all read books for a bit and off to bed.
November 18th, 2008 by melissa