Halle and School

Last year for pre-school we did a little co-op with 6 other mom's in the ward. It was fabulous. This year some of those kids went off to kindergarten and the others wanted to do a more formal pre-school to prepare the kids for kindergarten. I knew our budget didn't have room for the expensive pre-schools around here so I  kept Halle home and have been diligent at doing our "home school". She loves it and loves to learn. She has worked hard on writing her letters and numbers and is doing a great job.

 My friend Rachael mentioned she has always put her kids in a pre-school ran by high school students (supervised by real teachers). It's 3 days a week and only costs $35. I was excited until she said that it's in the afternoons when I have my 4 daycare kids either napping or getting on the afternoon kindergarten bus. So that wasn't going to work either. Well sweet Rachel called last week and said "just listen before you say no." She has talked to 2 other moms in the ward who are going to take their kids and they have all agreed to pick up Halle so she can go! At first I felt a little guilty not pulling my weight in carpooling, but I'm thrilled she gets to go. And I am, once again, blessed to have wonderful friends who see a need and fill in where I lack. So starting Tuesday, Halle gets to go to pre-school. It starts this late, because the high school kids have been "training" and getting lesson plans together. We are ALL thrill!