Dental checkup for A

A had a cleaning and exam today, including X-rays. A had some staining on his teeth. No cavities, but staining. The hygienist said, "I usually see this on grownups who drink coffee, tea, or wine." 

A said, "Oh, I drink a lot of tea." (He drinks jasmine tea with me in the morning, as does L.)

She asked him, "What kind of tea, hot or cold?"

He said, "Oh, I'll drink it pretty much any way. I drink a lot of tea." He means, of course, that sometimes he drinks it straight from the pot and sometimes he lets it cool in the cup before drinking it. I don't know what he'd do faced with actual iced tea.

End of First Grade

It's catch-up day. So here's a guy with perfect attendance, honor roll, and 26 timed miles under his belt. He's going into second grade.

Preschool 2.0

I have not clarified how much Baby 2.0 likes preschool. He went for four weeks of summer session and he loves preschool. We had preschool angst since the lovely (free) IB preschool that Baby 1.0 attended lost its funding and re-emerged as a private preschool that I was not terribly impressed with. The books disappeared. Preschools need books, abundant, overflowing bins of books.

Brother's class at school, not preschool.

So I did preschool research (again) and put him on wait lists. We had a fantastic first choice and a pretty good backup. When we were on vacation in April, he got accepted to his fantastic first choice and we did a happy dance. Then the chance for summer session popped up, three days a week, 9am to 1pm, and we jumped at it.

Because Baby 2.0 was bored with me and we were irritating each other. Can I say that and not get in trouble? I could not provide the social/intellectual stimulus this kid requires. So he needed to go to preschool.

He loves preschool, holy cow. I was concerned that he would be a thug, but with the usual amount of direction that every kid who has never attended school needs, he did great. I'm waiting to see how he does in the fall. He loved it so much we moved him from the three-day plan to the five-day plan.