{"id":447,"date":"2007-09-28T14:11:24","date_gmt":"2007-09-28T22:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kellybeanz.com\/?p=447"},"modified":"2008-11-09T20:42:43","modified_gmt":"2008-11-10T04:42:43","slug":"wishinhopinfreaking-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kellybeanz.com\/?p=447","title":{"rendered":"Wishin&#8217;&#8230;hopin&#8217;&#8230;FREAKING OUT!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In chatting with my cousin the other day, I realized that we are probably way behind in the preschool game. Mads&#8217; is only 13+ months! There are two lovely preschools in the confines of Miraloma Park &#8211; ideal location! The word is that Mads&#8217; current day care is going to start a preschool program &#8211; I hope that they get certified soon! Or in time for Mads to attend. That, would be even MORE ideal! I found a site where they have preschool reviews that include data like: other schools applied to, school graduates have gone on to&#8230;oy!<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/citymama.typepad.com\/\">blog<\/a> I read frequently &#8211; and it&#8217;s got me thinking that a move down the peninsula wouldn&#8217;t be so bad after all. Citymama paints such a pretty picture of life in the &#8216;burbs &#8211; it&#8217;s just got me wondering.<\/p>\n<p>Last night, S was working late, so it was just the girls at home. It was probably one of the nicer nights, too. We didn&#8217;t do anything special, but it was just&#8230;nice. I picked up Mads at daycare and we headed off to the grocery store to pick up a few things. Surprisingly, Mads didn&#8217;t grab for stuff from the cart, but rather pointed at the signs hanging from the ceiling and the balloons floating above her and had her own conversations. I prepped everyone&#8217;s dinner but mine and got to tidy up the kitchen while Mads ate &#8211; this self-feeding thing is GREAT! After dinner, <del datetime=\"2007-09-28T21:28:08+00:00\">we walked<\/del> I followed Mads around the house, carefully played around her new favorite spot (hearth\/fireplace) in the house (to do: buy that darn fireplace screen) and read books. <\/p>\n<p>Reading books is our new favorite activity. Mads will go pick a book, hand it to me and then proceed to sit in my lap while I read her the book. (I&#8217;ve read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/First-Book-Sushi-World-Snacks\/dp\/1582460507\/ref=sr_1_1\/105-0242012-5155600?ie=UTF8&#038;s=books&#038;qid=1191016928&#038;sr=1-1\">First Book of Sushi<\/a> way too many times this week.) She&#8217;ll even &#8220;read&#8221; books on her own &#8211; which is something I hope that will carry over into her childhood. <\/p>\n<p>After a quick bath, Mads wanted to play in the shower instead, a change into jammies, we were relaxing on the couch with a bottle of Clover dairy&#8217;s finest Organic Vitamin D milk and <a href=\"http:\/\/pbskids.org\/jakers\/\">Jakers!<\/a> (animated series about little farm animals growing up in rural Ireland &#8211; how is that not cute?) on the toob. At 8.30p I put her down to sleep without a fight (surprisingly) and I putzed around until Grey&#8217;s Anatomy was on. (Will watch Ugly Betty later this weekend.)<\/p>\n<p>Nights like that, I&#8217;m starting to wonder why I&#8217;m at work all day. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In chatting with my cousin the other day, I realized that we are probably way behind in the preschool game. Mads&#8217; is only 13+ months! 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