The fall schedule has begun in full force at our house these last two weeks. Let me tell you, it has been wonderful, peaceful, blissful, exciting, fun, and however many more adjectives I can describe as awesome.
Lily started her new preschool at Wayzata Community Church. She goes 3 mornings a week. I am totally in love with her school. The playground especially, but also the classroom, the teachers, their activities and all. I am very happy with it. And Lily is too. She actually wants to go to school....and when she goes home she is always tired, always hungry, always fulfilled. I love it.
Peter started his preschool at Peppermint Fence. He is doing a one morning ECFE class and one morning drop off preschool day. He is funny. Today I dropped him off and he didn't cry at all. I have had at least three mothers tell me what a social kid he is....and his enthusiasm is amazing. Since Lily has been in preschool I have had the chance to really see him as an individual and it's amazing what I have learned. Overall, he is such a happy kid!!!! Funny too. At school, he has a habit of putting the handwashing soap in his hair....he thinks that's what you do with soap. The teachers always apologize to me that his hair always has school soap in it, but that's just my Peter.
As for me, I have been reading. I have read 4 books in the last 2 weeks. I ran across probably the best parenting/life book I have ever read. It's called ScreamFree Parenting and it's written by Hal Edwards Runkel. The book was published last spring and Runkel has created an empire around the book. Check out his website at www.screamfree.com. The book is really the first parenting book that focuses on the parent instead of the child. It teaches you to "learn to relate with your kids in a calm, cool, and connected way, taking hold of your own emotional responses no matter how your children choose to behave; learning to focus on yourself and take care of yourself for your family's benefit, giving your children the best chance to grow into self-directed adults." The book talks about integrity, letting your kids struggle, that you are responsible to your children, not for your children, how to bend like a willow tree to their emotions, how to avoid picking up the gauntlet, how to allow them their space, how to create their place in your home, how to let consequences do the screaming and how to establish a quiet leadership. The book is really amazing. I would even recommend it to non parents it is so good. (He even has a ScreamFree Marriage and ScreamFree Leadership series.)
Anyhow, things around here are going well. Everything seems to be new and fun again. It's amazing what a new perspective I have on things.
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