as if she wasn't growing up fast enough!

So, we're moving back to Calgary soon, and you'd think that I'd be worrying about packing, figuring out where to donate nearly brand-new crib, and the 3.5 hour time change, but I'm not (not yet, anyways). I've been going a little crazy about whether we should see if any preschools might accept a new student (that student being Madeline) in January. Yes. That's what has been keeping me up at night.

But you know what? She's two. She won't start kindergarten for until she's five. I am quite aware of how much she enjoys interacting with other toddlers, and know how valuable the socialization is for her. It's probably okay if she doesn't start preschool just yet. If I could find something like Early Achievers in Calgary, I'm sure that both Chris and I would be all for signing her up for a morning a week. But I can't find anything similar, the great majority of the preschools will only accept kids who've already turned three, and frankly, we could enroll her in a plethora of those Gymboree-type classes AND swimming AND Kindermusik* and it would cost us less each month :)  I think we'll be okay if I skip placing somewhat-panicky long-distance calls to Calgary preschools.

This week's fun links:

• Some concerned and informed parent made a short little movie about the relative safety of rear-facing carseats versus forward-facing carseats in a collision and posted it to YouTube. I understood the risks of turning a seat forward before seeing this video, but I think that this might help broadcast the message to the skeptics out there.
• Things to Do in San Francisco with a Toddler, from CityMama (a long-time fave blogger of mine). I love this. All we need are plane tickets now :)
• Mitten clips! I like these ones from Snug as a Bug, though I am not sure I'm going to order them as the clips themselves are under $5, but the shipping is a minimum of $8.95. I might email them as ask if the clips might be able to be posted in an envelope instead. Madeline lost a terrifically cute purple-and-green-striped handknit mitten at the grocery store last winter, and I'd rather skip a repeat performance.

* Not that we would sign my toddler up for that many things at the same time. We've found that 2-3 scheduled activities in seven-day period is just the right amount.

Comments

[Sarah]

Geezo, I have that crafty thing so bad that when I saw the mitten clips my first thought was "well, those are easy to make."