Well, I have toured 3 schools for Alex. I checked out one a few weeks ago and really liked it. I thought my mind was made up, then I decided I'd check a few more so I could make an educated decision. One is a Montessori school, the other two are church based. We know at least one kiddo that would be in Alex's class at each school. From my phone calls, I was really leaning towards the Montessori school. I then decided to check out all 3 on the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. YIKES! All three schools had deficiencies noted but the Montessori school had significantly more. I can over look a few things like the student applications did not have all required information (like doctors phone #/address) but this one had been cited 2 years in a row for not completing background checks!!!! That was enough to make me not want to see the facility. We ended up stopping by and I'm glad I did. It really secured my decision that even though the director was super sweet, it was not the place for Alex. Their classes were split in a way that the class Alex would be in would include 3-6 year olds. That just seems developmentally like a huge range.
I visited the 2nd church based school and I really liked it! The director was wonderful, the school had some great things going for it (like they teach some Spanish and sign language.) Actually I loved both church schools. They both have pro's and con's, but I think I am still going to stick with the first school I toured. I already know so many of the parents (and Alex knows the children), but they fill up fast. Current students and church members get to sign up first and open enrollment for everyone else opens Tuesday. Soooo, Tuesday at 9am is our big day! Cross your fingers that we get our first pick (3 days a week!). If we have to be put on the wait list, we'll probably sign up at our second choice. They make classes according to their needs so a wait list isn't created and they take everyone, until a certain date.
This whole school thing has been on my mind so much lately, I'll be go happy when we are confirmed at a school for the fall!
Alex wasn't sure what to do first, so she took a bite of her cookie and ate some frosting! She would spread some frosting on the cookie then lick the rest off the stick and keep going! They made the biggest mess, but had a blast! I think we came home with 1/2 a cookie because Alex ate the rest of hers!
We woke up Thursday morning to see that our bedroom window had cracked. I guess with the cold weather, warm house and a pretty big window it just gave in. Thankfully it's double paned. You can see the crack to the right of the yellow line. It is slowly growing. I made some calls Friday and found out it will be $450-$600 to replace the glass. UGH!!!
Alex got THIS for Christmas! It comes preloaded with 2o songs. Some classics like If You're Happy and You Know It, Row Row Row Your Boat, BINGO and many other songs I've never heard of. You can also upload your own music to it! For Christmas Alex also got Beauty and the Beast. It came with a CD with several Disney songs. In the last few days Alex ask to listen to it non-stop! We finally added a few of her favorite songs to the music box for her. Now she happily plays in her room listening to her music! We are still working on restarting the song once it is finished but since it has big, easy to use buttons, she should have it in no time!
