Two Week Notice

Maddy turned in her two week notice at school today. She actually had a rough morning. I woke up at 5:32 a.m. feeling pretty rested. In fact, I could not go back to sleep. Why can't that happen when I have to work? I eventually did fall back asleep and when I heard my alarm going off, I woke up to find it was 8:23 a.m. We have to leave by 8:30. I started to just let her stay home, but I had to turn in her dance fees and I wanted to get this two week notice thing over with. So we quickly got ready and headed off to school. She was in great spirits in the car. When we got to school, however, she refused to go in her class. She stood outside and when I tried to pick her up she ran from me. I did get her in her room thank goodness and her teacher whisked her away to make a bat.

I had been dreading letting her school know she would no longer be going there. I knew they would ask a bunch of questions and try to convince me to stay and all those good things. I just wanted to tell them and be done with it lol. Sure enough I told the director I needed to talk to her. I know she thought it was about a problem I had with a teacher like it has been in the past. Trust me, there were plenty of things I could have said about the teachers Maddy has but there's no point in doing so when you are just going to pull your child out anyways. I instantly started to tear up as I began. My exact words were, "I have some bittersweet news to tell you." It is bittersweet for me. I've mentioned them in other posts so I won't mention them here. She asked me where I was going to take her. I just told her I had an opportunity come up where I would be able to homeschool Maddy. She wouldn't take just that answer...she wanted details. I told her I had an opportunity to homeschool/tutor other kids with a friend, which I do, but do not want to discuss that right now. She asked me how many kids we would have and where I would get my benefits from, etc. I felt like I was being interrogated and essentially I was. I don't think she believed me and I really feel like she thinks I'm sending Maddy to another daycare. She made me promise if it didn't work out to call them first to see if there was an opening for her before I sent her anywhere else. I have to turn in a handwritten letter this afternoon to confirm the two week notice and put the dates. Maddy's last day will be next week. I originally was going to have her only go through Wednesday of next week, but since I just had to throw away $60 for dance I decided she would go through Friday which is her dance day. I am so excited that she will get to stay home with me even though I am a little nervous. Maddy has been very excited about staying home for school as well. I don't think she fully understands yet that her days at her current school are numbered, but she is about to find out. We will count down each day until it is stay home with mommy time.

Since I am pulling her out earlier than I had anticipated, I am going to have to scramble and get the rest of her curriculum together. I think I am going to use some of her daycare themes and combine it with the christian curriculum I found online. I don't want to purchase curriculum right now because I want to look at what I'm buying first. I hope to post each week what we are learning about and have some cute pictures of crafts we do. Let the countdown begin :)