Primrose has attended a preschool in Homer this last year. Before we had the twins, we knew it would be essential to get her out of the house a bit (so she wouldn’t feel overshadowed and so we could have a little more focus in the home) so we decided to put her in a private Christian based preschool where she has flourished into a vivacious, young and eager student. We have always known of her passion for learning, socializing and mega play, so it was only natural that she loves her school, her class and classmates and her teachers.

There is a little bit of confusion that spreads across her flawless face when we tell her “This coming year, when you turn five (BIG HUGE EYES our baby will be 5), Dad and I will be your teachers.” She laughs (more like scoffs?) as if to brush it off. As if she were saying, “You are nothing like my teacher. You aren’t a teacher. You couldn’t teach me!” But oh yes, my Dear, we are.

This last weekend Bob and I attended a curriculum fair in Soldotna. That shit was crazy, to put it lightly. We had the older girls go over to a friends house while Bob and I took the babies to go check it out. We always have weird romantic dates that seem to work for us in this stage of our life. I am thankful.

There were dozens (40ish maybe?) of vendors – all selling different types of curriculum and products. I wanted everything. The frenzy of being in there. Shopping definitely gets me high – with a mega crash afterward. Once I start buying it’s hard for me to stop, so I usually just don’t buy anything. I did not know what we were getting into and I was very surprised by the amount of……variety there is. It was all very overwhelming. I almost spent Primrose’s entire allotment on different curriculum before Bob talked some sense into me. Buy the $899 History package: YES! Buy the $850 Language Arts set: YES! Buy the $1000 + Science kit: HELL YES! But wait, wait Savanna – what do we really need for our (almost) 5 year old?

We settled on a year long cooking subscription. Every month Primrose will get a package addressed to her. In it will be a recipe, a new cooking utensil and information about the dish and the country it comes from. She’ll earn a badge for shopping for the meal and preparing it. We are very excited.

And we realized – for her, we don’t need the other packages quite yet. Our little studious leader is already excelling in her handwriting skills and letters. She’s getting good at sounding out words and reading (today she spelled “Marble” just by sounding it out and I could have cried). She is now allowing me to lead her in mediation and yoga a few days a week with me. On walks she can name the different trees and identify different animal tracks. How did she learn all these things? Our incredible, capable girl is quick and sharp. She listens to everything (not in the sense of following directions haha but she literally hears what is being said) and soaks it up like a sponge, truly.

Marlena was too young to enroll in preschool this year, but she is like a secret spy. If we think Primrose is listening, Marlena heard it before her. I am thankful for Primrose’s school so I can gauge what and how to “teach” Marlena. I know every child is quite different and I think having a solid foundation to start on is key to finding out what each child will delve into. I am anticipating Marlena being very keen to music, art, and theater.

Bob and I couldn’t be more excited to learn along side of the girls and see where their passions are in the big wild world.