Today is my beloved husband's birthday and he is comfortably ensconced on the couch, in his jammies, reading the paper. Our son is sitting naked next to him, watching Bob the Builder. Kaj has taken to ripping his clothes off whenever he feels like it. Luckily, this aids potty training because he knows that if were to have an accident (which has happened while eating in his high chair) he'd be in big trouble. So, he'll scamper off to the bathroom by himself when nature calls. We bribe him with chocolate to get him to go #2, but that's only worked like, three times.

I am trying to find a school for Kaj next year. His current preschool--the DC Jewish Community Center preschool--is changing their format for next year. Three year olds have to go five days a week ALL DAY. Of course I could pick him up daily at 3:30, but we have to pay the same as the people who pick up their kids at 6pm. Over a $1000 a month. Ideally, especially with kid#2 on the way, would be to find another three day, morning program. It's hard to find them, and emotionally, I'm really attached to his current school. I feel absolutely, 100% confident with this school every day I leave him there. Every MWF morning, when we enter the JCC, he runs down the hall and barely lets me take his coat off because he's so excited to play and see his friends. Of course I know that he will adjust to a new school and be fine, but I'm not so sure the transition will go as smoothly for me.

There are a few decent public and public charter schools that offer preschools. Do you know what charter schools are? This concept is so weird. The public schools in DC are almost all really crappy. Well, people have gotten sick and tired of it and get people together and raise money to start their own public school. Apparently it's easier to start from nothing than it is to rehabilitate the corrupt bureaucracy of an existing school. You have to apply to a school in your area and you're entered into a lottery. They only take a certain number of out-of-boundary students per year, so we have a pretty slim chance of getting in. But once you're in, you are in forever and it's free. We'll see how it works.