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thanks for sharing the funny story about the hair gel! hilarious! here is

something funny my 6 1/2 yr. old said the other day at the table when he was

thirsty: " more milk PLEASE, there's a DROUGHT over here you know! " (we live

in the northeast which is experiencing a pretty bad drought since last

summer.....who would have thought he was listening!)

Gail,

last year when I joined this group, what to do with my kindergarten age child

was a puzzle.......he was turning five at the end of JUne and in our town you

must be five by Sept. 30 to go to kindergarten so he would have been the in

youngest third of age but he is huge....off the charts in size....my younger

brother said essentially the same as Dawn....that it won't be the age as much as

the skills and if you are big they certainly aren't going to pick on you! (male

perspective I guess).....we decided to send to a high quality regular private

preschool,that the school agreed to pay for, small in size and then send him to

kindergarten at age six and this would have worked fabulously I think except

that the private regular preschool wouldn't take him as he wasn't potty trained!

oh well. anyway, that would be my suggestion....if you can even find a quality,

positive preschool...many towns don't have them (the National Association of

Education of Young Children NAEYC would be a good place to look for

certification) and then get the school to pay for it.....this would help you see

how he transitions to something new since he has already been in the preschool.

just thought I would add my two cents.

Dawn,

Thankyou so much for all your recent posts.....have appreciated you sharing so

much! your two boys sound so much like my two! Carol