We have joined the local Playcentre for two sessions, which the kids love, and the oldest is going to Kindy two mornings. It's great to see them exploring the outdoors and tearing around everywhere, getting sandy, painted and dirty. The washing machine has never had such a rough life! It's a battle to leave each session as I wrestle one of them into the buggy and round up the other. They are thoroughly exhausted and ready for sleep by the time we're home.
I want my kids to experience lots of things and be exposed to different people however with this often comes behaviour that I don't want. Our afternoons have become a battle ground as my oldest trys out all the things she has seen her 'friends' doing. Part of me thinks it's a normal learning curve and the rest of me just wants something more structured where unacceptable behaviour is just that - unacceptable.
A strong believer of going to local schools and mixing with neighbours is beginning to bite me in the behind big time. Now that I have kids all I want is the best for them and to surround them with the best possible influences, wherever that may be located. Unfortunately around here that means paying a hefty sum of money! Ideally I'd home school - sanity and himself allowing. Then again that raises more questions of controlling my kids lives too much and not letting them find their own way. Maybe I'll just start my own commune and then I can have the best of both worlds, free alternative people, education and living and you can all come and join - if I let you in that is!
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