DCMM: It’s Not Summer Yet For Me

All of my friends are talking about the
beginning of summer.  And I'm reading blog post after blog post about
graduations.  Preschool, kindergarten, middle school, high school, and
college.  We are talking about Father's day.  July 4th merchandise is
arriving in stores.  Pools are open.  After-school classes are ending. 

But it is not summer for my family.  My son's preschool runs on
an 11 month calendar.  So he doesn't end until JULY.  His preschool
graduation is not until July.  So when people ask me if I have decided about kindergarten yet, and I say no, it is because I still have not had my end of the year conference.  School isn't over for us yet.

In
some ways, it is a really nice schedule.  As a working mom, I only have
to struggle with summer care for a month.  And the school runs a camp,
and only closes for 3 days for turnover, so it is almost a year round
schedule.

I see the benefit of year round school.  Less daycare
struggle for working parents.  And lets be honest, for a lot of
parents, school is their daycare plan.  And kids don't lose as much
knowledge without a long summer break.  

But on the other hand I
am exhausted by the hustle and bustle of school.  I'm ready for the
lazy hazy days of summer.  I want to have pictures to post of my own
son's preschool graduation.  (Although his school does a "stepping up"
ceremony.)  And if I'm exhausted by it I can't even imagine how he must
feel.  I'm not even sure he will notice a difference between school and
camp.  It is in the same building and practically the same thing.  I
call it preschool with a bathing suit.

So here we are, the third
week of June and still in school.  Although he has a professional day
this week and I'm taking off of work.  I am thinking of taking him to
the movies in the middle of the day on a Wednesday.  Why not, right? 
It is the summer.