Last night Elian and I were enjoying our new Sunday-night tradition: Minute to Win it. (I knew it was a mistake watching that once with my overly competitive, ball-obsessed boy.) A Cover Girl mascara ad comes on featuring a tight mini-skirt clad, long-haird blonde and he says:
That's what I want you to look like, Mama.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Friday, May 07, 2010
worried mama
I was pretty anxiety prone when I was little (and ahem, right now). I remember when I used to get very nervous about something (or very excited), I could work myself up to a doozy of a headache. Seems I've passed on this not-so-enjoyable trait on to my little man.
Sadly, he's not very excited about going to kindergarten. Whenever we see people who find out he's five, they say things like, "I bet you're excited to go to kindergarten!" and he just looks at them, trying to force a smile, when I know he is terrified.
Last night we went to the Kindergarten Roundup at one of the schools we got into. We're still not 100% sure about our choice. We're on the waiting list at the Chinese Immersion school right by our house. One school that we did get into is pretty large (typical urban public school) and has a lot to offer in terms of extracurricular activities: band, theatre, sports, after school programs... The other school is a small, charming charter school. The kindergarten takes 20 kids and no more. It's a relatively new school so when we toured the 7th and 8th grade combined had like 12 kids. This school has no gym, no foreign language, but I think the big plus here is the smaller, more intimate setting, which if I had to choose a style for Elian as he is right now, I'd definitely go with that. Seems perfect for grades 1-4, but I wonder how much he'll miss the typical middle-school experience. And transferring out to a different public school at that point is difficult (from what I hear).
I could see from the way Elian was acting at the open house, that he was pretty nervous. By the time we got to the restaurant where we were going to eat dinner, he had a headache. So we got our meal to go and went home. This isn't the first time he's gotten a headache from being nervous. Come to think of it, I think he got one after we toured the Chinese Immersion school. He eventually told us that he was nervous about the open house and that the school was too big.
This just breaks my heart. Since he's been going to pre-school and childcare part-time, I didn't really expect the whole kindergarten thing to be difficult for him. But there you have it. But in all honesty, I think it might be harder for me than it is for him. Sniff.
Sadly, he's not very excited about going to kindergarten. Whenever we see people who find out he's five, they say things like, "I bet you're excited to go to kindergarten!" and he just looks at them, trying to force a smile, when I know he is terrified.
Last night we went to the Kindergarten Roundup at one of the schools we got into. We're still not 100% sure about our choice. We're on the waiting list at the Chinese Immersion school right by our house. One school that we did get into is pretty large (typical urban public school) and has a lot to offer in terms of extracurricular activities: band, theatre, sports, after school programs... The other school is a small, charming charter school. The kindergarten takes 20 kids and no more. It's a relatively new school so when we toured the 7th and 8th grade combined had like 12 kids. This school has no gym, no foreign language, but I think the big plus here is the smaller, more intimate setting, which if I had to choose a style for Elian as he is right now, I'd definitely go with that. Seems perfect for grades 1-4, but I wonder how much he'll miss the typical middle-school experience. And transferring out to a different public school at that point is difficult (from what I hear).
I could see from the way Elian was acting at the open house, that he was pretty nervous. By the time we got to the restaurant where we were going to eat dinner, he had a headache. So we got our meal to go and went home. This isn't the first time he's gotten a headache from being nervous. Come to think of it, I think he got one after we toured the Chinese Immersion school. He eventually told us that he was nervous about the open house and that the school was too big.
This just breaks my heart. Since he's been going to pre-school and childcare part-time, I didn't really expect the whole kindergarten thing to be difficult for him. But there you have it. But in all honesty, I think it might be harder for me than it is for him. Sniff.
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