Stepniowski Family

The last day of kindergarten, I told myself I would be strong and not cry.  But, I walked through the door, saw Ms. Cosentino and totally welled up.  It was a rough year, considering the accusations of abuse, change of instructor, broken heating system, flooding and subsequent mold issues. But, on that last day, I looked at all those cute little kids I had grown to love and couldn’t help but think that we really had a great experience.  I mean, I can’t say enough about how much Aidan has grown both intellectually and socially.  He’s reading books to us at night now, and that’s just so surreal considering we’ve been reading to him every night since he was two.  And, he’s doing fractions, addition/subtraction, money and time.  It’s crazy what they teach kids in kindergarten these days!  One thing I can say didn’t change this year is Aidan’s comical nature towards anything bathroom related.  Even the slightest hint of the word “poop” or “butt” sends that kid into hysterics!

So, onward we go into summer… I admit to feeling strong aprehension towards the whole ordeal.  As a person who sleeps and eats schedules, I just couldn’t see how Aidan not being in school for six hours each day was going to play out on my sanity. But, it turns out that having the kid around is actually pretty fun.  And, I’ve got him enrolled in a couple of MOSI “science” camps, as well as a few weeks in Bright Horizons (which, by the way, has revamped the whole summer program this year… I like to believe that was partly my doing after the seedy blog expose last year.  They get major kudos for the curriculum this time around). Oh, and I’ve got Aidan and Luke going on a camping trip, in addition to a two week getaway in the mountains in August.  This summer should actually be pretty sweet.  I know we’re all enjoying sleeping late, especially Skye who hasn’t been stirring until around 8:30am!

Before we know it, first grade will be here and then second and then third.  Sometimes I think time moves too quickly, and I want to just freeze them the way they are.  Eventually, Aidan won’t laugh at bathroom words anymore (publicly) and will likely change his mind about living with us forever.  But, I’m told there are great things about being a parent throughout all the phases of life (excluding teen years).  So, we’ll just see what happens…

Aidan will be graduating kindergarten next week and with that has completed an assignment Luke and I are certainly proud of.  In class today, he was asked to write a short story based on whatever interested him.  His story received an “E+” grade, which is the highest you can get.  Here is the unedited version…

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Title: Zombes

Zombes are cool.

I like zombes.

The zombes are in the car.

La la la la sed the zombes.

The zombes crashed into anuther car.

They got out of the car.

The zombes are noct out.

They are eating eyes.

They are burping.

The hed got cut off.

I like blud.

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And, there is is… Our little man has certainly come a long way this year.  He’s reading books now all by himself, can add/subtract, do simple fractions, count money and as you can see can put pen to paper in a rather creative way.  That’s our boy!