I haven't written in a while. I haven't felt very inspired. I feel like all my days are the same now. Take care of James, play with Annika, watch some TV (probably too much) and not leave the house very often. I know I could tell you all the cute and adorable things Annika does or I could tell you how often James wakes up during the night. However, by the time I sit down at the computer at night after Annika goes to bed and James is sleeping, I've forgotten most of it. I'm guessing that has something to do with my broken sleep that I'm getting. It's not very conducive to having a good memory. Maybe I should start writing things down throughout the day.

Tonight I'm going to talk about preschool though. Kris and I want to send Annika to preschool this fall. We think she's ready. However, all the schools in our area have a September 1st cut off date for admission and Annika won't be three until September 7th. (This will also be true for kindergarten and most likely Annika will go to preschool for three years and start kindergarten when she is almost six years old. I'm okay with that.) I called three schools I would be comfortable with her attending, a Lutheran church, a Catholic church and Community Education. The Lutheran church said their September 1st deadline is firm and they are already full for this fall. The Catholic church said they would accept Annika and they have openings. I could stop in any time to register Annika. Community Education said their two morning classes (M-W and T-Th) are full but their T-Th afternoon class only has three kids registered so far and they usually admit 12 kids per class. Because of her age, Comm Ed will put her on a waiting list and if they have room, they will admit her. So, Kris and I needed to weigh our options. What did we end up doing? Putting her on the Comm Ed waiting list. It all came down to money. The Catholic school would have been over $1800 - for preschool! Comm Ed will be $1150. Kris and I just don't have the extra $700 for a guaranteed spot for this fall, especially with me taking six weeks of unpaid maternity leave this spring. Kris faxed our registration to Comm Ed Friday afternoon. I talked to them today and was told they are putting Annika on the T-Th afternoon class waiting list. They still only have three students registered. I was also told they they usually let students within a week of the cut off in, a grace period if you will and that they give preference to kids inside the school district. Annika is just barely in that grace period but she is and we're also in the school district. I'm hoping this means she has a good chance at a spot in the class this fall. I was told to call back at the end of March and they could give me a better feel for this fall. My only concern with this class is Annika's napping. She still takes an afternoon nap. However, lately she hasn't been going down until 2-3pm and usually naps for 1-2 hours. Preschool would be from 12:30-3:00pm. Hopefully those two days a week she could take a nap when she got home from school and she wouldn't be too tired at school. Of course, maybe by September she won't be napping any more anyway. (Please don't let that happen!)