Today we sent our youngest off to kindergarten.
(Sigh. Whimper. Sniffle. Bawl!!!)
Our kids have never been in any kind of preschool or daycare. I've always been blessed to be able to be a stay-at-home parent and I've cherished every second of it!
We have five children. Our two oldest are my "bonus" kids ... they were five and three when I began a relationship with my (now) husband and first had the privilege of them being introduced into my life. That was seventeen years ago. I was twenty and there has never been a moment since that I didn't consider myself a mother. Throughout the years, I went to college at night and took online classes ... and I've worked a few very part-time jobs here and there (mostly just at night when my husband could be home with the kids). My last one was a year and a half ago and that was only ten hours a week. They've rarely stayed with sitters. It's just always been important to us that a parent be home with them on a daily basis.
