First Day of School

Today was Tommy's first day of school. He is in preschool this year. Although technically he could have started school this year, his birthday was right at the cutoff. I spoke to many moms and teachers and Mike and I decided to wait until next year to start him in kindergarten. It was a really hard decision because he was ready in so many ways but everyone I spoke to said it is better to wait, especially with boys. I wasn't sure how to explain it to Tommy because we had already talked about kindergarten with him after he finished preschool last year and before we had made our decision. At first, I tried to just avoid it. I just tried to get him excited about preschool. Right before he started though, he said, "I did preschool last year, I'm in kindergarten now." So I decided to just be honest. I told him that he was ready for kindergarten but he would be the very youngest in his class. I told him he could start if he wanted but asked him if he would rather be one of the older kids. He said he would rather be older. He seemed satisfied with that explanation. He has the same teacher as last year and most of the same kids. He loves his teacher and friends and I know we made the right choice.