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After we came back from Italy, we both had to go back to work, so we had to find a place for Keegan to go. Of course we could have sent him to his preschool, which has a great summer program. However, the Montessori School where we are sending him for the fall recommend for him to attend summer school, to get adjusted to the new system. To make the transition easier, we thought that he trip to Italy created the perfect break, so, we enrolled him in the summer program  starting the week after we got back.

On July 22, Keegan attended his first day at Mission Bay Montessori Academy.

We both dropped him off and headed to the Children’s house, to room K6. After being evaluated in February, he was assigned to the “small kids” side, with mixed age classes for children between 3-5. He was very nervous in the previous days but he seemed fine at drop off. The first day went well, and by the next day he already knew a lot of the kids. On the morning of the second day, a couple of girls were already saying HI to him. My little heart-breaker…By the end of the 4 weeks, he made a couple of friends he played with all the time, but he also learned some of the Montessori rules. He improved his reading skills, and did some writing. His favorite activity, however, was grinding coffee!?

On the last week we found out that he would start kindergarten not in the children’s house, but in the Elementary side, the “big kids” side. The teachers felt he was ready, even if he could not write and read. It was great news because kids gets “enrichment” classes, like computer, Spanish, science, etc. But it also meant one more change and adjustment.

On the last day, he was pretty sad about leaving, and so we took lots of pictures to remember the Children’s House.

The last two weeks of August the Montessori school was closed, so we enrolled him in two separate summer camps. The first week, he attended a summer camp at an elementary school close to my work. Hannah was attending too and the theme of the week was Superheroes. How perfect! I would drop him off in the morning at Jennifer’s house and then I would pick both the kids at 4 most of the week. Keegan had so much fun: they played games, run around and watched movies in the afternoon. And no naps: but we were not necessarily very happy about it. He got to see Hannah every day, and Keegan felt he had a week-long play date. We also did have real play dates with Hannah, both at our house and hers. The kids got along so well, that they were asked if they were brother and sister. The same color hair helped too.

having fun at dinnertime with Hannah

The final summer week, we sent Keegan at the YMCA summer camp. It was quite different, as there are so many kids, but they were divided in age groups. He had swimming every morning, and they had different activities every day, such as Carnival games and BBQ. He made friends soon and really enjoyed his time, despite our fears.

So, it has been an interesting summer. We felt bad about putting him through so many changes and new starts, but he did great. He is really a very social person, and makes friends easily. He is more adjustable than he used to be, and really enjoyed all of his camps. Now…let’s get ready for the real school year!