Preschool Ramblings

I haven't posted anything of substance in a few weeks so I thought I would ramble on for a minute to see what comes to fruition... There is so much going on and yet nothing is resolving itself comfortably. I told Brent yesterday (as a figure of speech of course) that I feel like I'm trying to take 10 dumps at once and have yet to be victorious.

Ugh! Preschool and regular school are huge stressors of mine right now. The preschools here are either dumpy, glorified daycares, or $600/month for two days a week. Spare me. There is a Montessori school here we love, but that school requires each kid to attend 5 days a week which I think is just way too much. It's so tough too because preschool seems to be one of those topics that everyone has a strong opinion about. Please believe that I would move heaven and earth to do what's best for my babies and dropping them off at a crustified toy emporium with hyperactive-inducing circus decor does not necessarily make me feel like I'm "doing what's best".

Anyway, I think what we have decided for this year is that I'm going to try and homeschool them. Eeeek! Yep. I said it. Homeschool. It conjures up images of long-skirt wearing Amish people with buggies or something, doesn't it? Whatever. They are only three so I don't think I can screw it up that badly. Plus, I actually bought curriculum to help guide me and a bunch of Montessori type toys and crafts to supplement. They are also going to bible school once a week. Eeeek! Yep. I said that too - like I need to outfit them in ceremonial bible beating robes or something. But all I want is for them to learn the basics of God, in a classroom environment, where they will have the opportunity to play with some fellow booger eaters and maybe make a craft or two. I think it will be good. I hope so.

Basically, it's a bandaid until we re-tackle the preschool issue again next year while keeping the bigger picture in mind... Kindergarten! That is the motherload of our schooling problems. This tiny little armpit beach town does not provide the awesome public schooling that Atlanta did. Infact, the schools here (as of right now) are pretty terrible. My college roommate is actually a Kindergarten teacher in Bluffton so she's told me everything I wanted to know/not know about the school system here. It scared the crap out of me and left me feeling like we are going to have to pay for private school if we stay here. That, of course, makes us question whether or not living here is worth all of this hassle. I don't know. It's education constipation!