Paying for Peace
How much does peace cost you? Today it cost me $310!! Yup $310 and I get two free hours (well free of my lovely 4 year old!) several times over the January to June period. I signed my baby up for a Fun Factory program at my local rec centre. It’s basically a play-based preschool program – great for him since he does need to get used to being in that type of setting before kindergarten next fall, great for the baby who has never had me to himself and great for me, since it’s just that little bit easier to do some errands and other things with only one little boy in tow!
It’s a little bit of a weird set-up, they do two sessions; January to end of March and April to mid-June. I could only get him into a Friday only morning program for the first session and a Tuesday/Thursday mornings program for the second session. It’s a good way to work up to it though! I feel really good about this – I meant to put him into preschool this fall but it was very complicated finding a good and affordable program with availability. This program is a perfect solution!
Now the only question is will I get much extra work done or will I just get more shopping done, lol! If only the centre had wireless internet, then I could drop the baby off at the drop-in childcare and hide out with a coffee and my laptop! Guess I’ll just have to head home with the baby kid though!
Tags: 4 yr old, affordable, boy, errands, preschool
