Everyone says the same thing - "exmissions" -we hate to ask about them and did not even know the word until we began this process, but can you tell us a little bit about your (get ready folks, make the quote signs) "exmissions" process?
Of course, when you are touring numerous interviews in hopes of finding the perfect school for your 2 year old child that will guarantee her a series of open doors to the finest educational institutions in the world, it is important to know how the school helps your child move on. So, let's just be honest and clear - how do you assist children in applying to and gaining entrance to kindergarten? I know - many more words, but still to me it sounds SO much better than (quote marks please) "exmissions."
I really have no idea what will work for Rua and for me. I know I don't want her in school full time at 2 years old in part because I want Maria in her life for longer and in part because it doesn't work for my schedule and I just - she is an only child - for now - more on that later - and I think it would be hard to go from nothing to everything all at once.
I know I want her to be happy, to learn, to play, to laugh, to enjoy her time away from me, but to be happy to see me, to be safe and to feel understood. Beyond that, I don't know.

Rua woke up at 5 am today. As cute as can be minus 50% cuteness factor because of the ungodly hour. Now I am at work contemplating an overdose of Adderall to get me to noon and then what . . . No plan yet. Very much looking forward to dinner with an old friend tonight. Hopefully she will be in a talkative mood so I can smile, sip wine, nod in agreement until it is time to go and then go home and collapse.
Rua is my 15 month old daughter, conceived through the failure of birth control, but definitely wanted, except for this morning when she woke up at 5 am. 5 am is really uncivilized; I mean if I were up at that hour and able to exercise or relax and read the paper, maybe I could impart some civility unreal hour, but alas, that was not to be - I finally had to enlist Elmo and Barney to assist me.
I should have known; when I put her in last night, she went easily and I told myself to expect an early morning. I just didn't expect 5. There seems to be a direct relationship between how wasily she goes to sleep and how early she wakes up. Hum.