I can't wait for preschool to start.

[rt2008]

Preschool is awesome!! I got so much done the one day each week DD went last year. This year she'll be in 2 days a week, which will be even better! Only a couple more months until it starts again here.

[Deleted]

I totally get it. Now that I'm not at school in the summer but my kids go to DC twice a week still, I do farm stuff in the morning and errands in the afternoon.

My kids are decently good shopping but it takes like 1/4 of the time and I actually can think about what I'm doing.

[Deleted]

Haha, me too. DD has such a sassy attitude all the time now (how did I forget how terrible 3 is??? Lol). It's driving me nuts. But anyway, preschool is awesome for properly tiring her out.

I'm also counting down the days till summer camp starts for the boys. We're out at a play place right now and I have to stop at Wegman's on the way home so we have something to eat for dinner and I am already dreading it.

[cjeanette]

Maybe find a local church that does a MDO/PDO? Do those still exist? Growing up I remember we had one in my church and it was 1 or 2 days a week and they took infants and toddlers.

[DarcyLongfellow]

Oh yes, kid free errands are SO MUCH FASTER!

This summer has been crazy because I've had to drag both kids with me everywhere. I had a rare kid-free morning the other day, and I was in and out of Costco in 22 minutes. TWENTY-TWO minutes!

[redpenmama]

Preschool is magical! I had one semester of 6 hours of kid-free time each week when DD was in 2-year-old preschool and I was pregnant with DS. The amount of things I could accomplish in three hours was amazing.

[aspentosh]

Preschool is definitely awesome. I only had 2hrs (really 1.5hrs once you factored in drop off and pickup) and it was GLORIOUS.

[cinco]

I miss preschool more than elementary school for the older kids. My 3 year old is exhausting, and errands are difficult. I can take the older two anywhere though. Maybe next year I'll send her over the Summer and keep the older two with me.

[magpie]

oh my gosh, grocery shopping has totally changed for us too. It used to be almost fun, but now it's a nightmare of constantly having to put her back in the seat of the cart. She stands up again and again and again. If I take her out of the cart, she runs wildly away (towards danger, always towards the danger!), but if I keep her strapped in, she screams and also wiggles her way out of the seat belt and into standing position again.

[dulcemariamar]

I am super excited. My LO starts in October so I still have to wait 3 months.

[pugz]

Also excited for this! Aug 21st is the first day for DD. missanne's daughter will be in the same class and there is a starbucks across the street!

[teatimefor2]

I had 1.5 months of preschool for DS1 when I was pregnant with DS2, amazing!

[missanne]

Jul 1, 2015 16:48:23 GMT -5 pugz said:

Also excited for this! Aug 21st is the first day for DD. missanne's daughter will be in the same class and there is a starbucks across the street!

Omg... You have no idea! 2 mornings a week with just one kid!!! I see plenty of Starbucks in our future!

[redheadk]

Oh yes.

Dds school only has 4 weeks of school in the summer and it sucks. I spend so much on sitters in the summer

[formerlyllizzyb]

Jul 1, 2015 17:29:50 GMT -5 swizz said:

Jul 1, 2015 16:51:32 GMT -5 teatimefor2 said:

I had 1.5 months of preschool for DS1 when I was pregnant with DS2, amazing!

This is a huge hesitation in whether I want another (among many other things, lol). I need time for JUST ME!

I had four glorious months of MDO for my DS. 10 hours a week of free time! Then DD was born. Two more years until I get child free time again

[hermione]

This is C's third week. She goes two days a week from about 8:30-2:30 (we could leave her until as later but haven't yet). Yesterday while she was there I went to the gym; paid our bills; went to the dry cleaners, the post office, the library, Target and Toys R Us; picked up H at home; went to lunch and a bookstore and STILL had 30 minutes to kill. It was sort of glorious!

[thecatinthehat]

That was around the time I started being done with SAH. I need time away, I did not mind taking him but he was causing me so much anxiety and stress whenever we were at the store for more than 5 mins. I really struggle with public perception, and I know that DS is completely being a typical toddler. He hated being in the stroller and dog walking became an issue. I found my happy place in working part-time and him being at preschool until 2pm. He is happy, DS is happy, dogs are happy and I a feel fun-fucking-tastic!