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  • I like feeling validated about my choices

    Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
    Mom & Kaitlyn
    Image by Elizabeth/Table4Five via Flickr

    Up until recently, I had been feeling like I really messed up not sending Kaitlyn to preschool last September.   I kept running across blog posts from other Moms of four year old girls, and their kids were writing their names and coloring pictures of people and houses and flowers, and since Kaitlyn isn’t yet doing either of those things, I was feeling like a failure.

    Even though she wasn’t fully potty trained at all last September which was our deciding factor in not sending her to school, and even though she CAN do a whole lot of pretty smart things now (including taking herself to the bathroom, FINALLY), I was doubting myself.

    But then over the last couple of days, Kaitlyn and I met some little girls who were exactly her size, who she instantly wanted to play with, who she just clicked with. Twice at the library and then again at the Sprint store, I sidled up to the other Moms and after telling them how cute their daughters were, asked innocently, “how old is she?”

    In every single case, the other little girl was three. I don’t realize how petite Kaitlyn is until I see that she is the exact same size  as other three year olds.   So now I’m thinking it would have been a mistake to assume she was ready for kindergarten this Fall, I think it’s perfectly fine for her to start preschool this Fall at four, and turn five. Then go to kindergarten at five and turn six.

    Right?

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  • Life According to Kaitlyn Nov. 2009

    Monday, November 9th, 2009

    Me: Let’s go outside in the sunshine and get some fresh air.

    K: But I don’t like sunshine. It gets in my eyes.

    Chris: If you’re hungry, go get a snack in the kitchen.

    K: I can’t do that! I’m too young to use a kitchen.

    Me: Time to brush your teeth.

    K: I don’t want to brush my teeth. It makes them feel too sparkly.

    Me: Let’s head outside! It’s a beautiful sunny day.

    K. Let me get my sunglasses. (goes into her room, comes out with two tea set cups over her eyes) Ready! I have my cupglasses on.

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    For the last three days, she’s been insisting on wearing this crown and veil I bought for her at Disney World.

    Kaitlyn with crown

    I’m doing a review for Girls Can’t WHAT?, a website that empowers girls to pursue their dreams no matter what roadblocks they encounter, and they also sell t-shirts. They offered me a shirt for Kaitlyn, so I let her pick. She chose one that says “Girls Can’t WHAT?….Rule the World”. Watch out, world. I think Kaitlyn absolutely could.

    RuleTheWorld

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