Remember that Preschooler?

Benji is about 4 and a half. He will be turning five in December. So far, we have kept him in awesome awesome home daycares. In Boston he was at Las Floritas (Little Flowers) and the hardest part of moving away from the Boston area, by far, was leaving their family. We try to stop by for visits when we are in town, but you know how it is.. time flies. I'm sure I spelled their name wrong. Ben picked up Spanish much quicker than I did. His time there was the reason I am called Otra Mommy.

When we moved to Springfield, we dreaded the daycare hunt. We didn't feel that he was ready for a formal preschool yet, so we chose TT's Tot Lot. Awesome Awesome Awesome. Can't say enough good things about that family.. especially after they cared for Ben as the tornado ripped through their neighborhood about 100 feet from their house. We miss them, but they are close enough to visit.. we just need to find time.. time has been elusive lately.

Now that we're back in CT.. the search has been on again. We moved into town too late for the public systems pre-K program. The school system is debating putting him into Kindergarten so he can receive speech services and any other services he may need. Our plan is to start him at a private preschool in town late next week and then once his testing has been completed at the public school we will work out some sort of hybrid where he will be bussed to North Street for his services and bussed back for the private school's kindergarten, which is more one on one. Assuming he does well, we will then transfer him to public school kindergarten the following year.

As a present for reading all of this.. here are some pictures from baby-benny to current-benji...

My beautiful boy

Benjamin decided that just days before we left for the 2 day drive to Kentucky to learn Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer".  He basically stuck to the chorus and of that part.. the screaming as only late 80's hair bands can do was his favorite part.  Nick managed to catch this video clip which shows how Ben spazzes out when he is overstimulated by having WAY to many family members in one house in Kentucky.. and then at the very end transitions into an english boys choir version of the Livin' on a Prayer song.  I only wish he had kept going so that it caught how he says "Libbin on a pra-Yah"