my new school year chart

School Year	Elise	Claire	Sylvie	Junior	Toby and Andrea’s age at the start of the school year
2009-10	Preschool	-	-	-	31
2010-11	Pre-K	-	-	-	32
2011-12	Kindergarten	-	-	-	33
2012-13	1st	-	-	-	34
2013-14	2nd	Pre-K	-	-	35
2014-15	3rd	Kindergarten	Preschool	-	36
2015-16	4th	1st	Pre-K	-	37
2016-17	5th	2nd	Kindergarten	Preschool	38
2017-18	6th	3rd	1st	Pre-K	39
2018-19	7th	4th	2nd	Kindergarten	40
2019-20	8th	5th	3rd	1st	41
2020-21	9th	6th	4th	2nd	42
2021-22	10th	7th	5th	3rd	43
2022-23	11th	8th	6th	4th	44
2023-24	12th	9th	7th	5th	45
2024-25	-	10th	8th	6th	46
2025-26	-	11th	9th	7th	47
2026-27	-	12th	10th	8th	48
2027-28	-	-	11th	9th	49
2028-29	-	-	12th	10th	50
2029-30	-	-	-	11th	51
2030-31	-	-	-	12th	52

*Blue indicates the years we will have children at high school, middle school, AND elementary school.  Yikes.

The state of Michigan is changing the date at which children must turn five before starting Kindergarten.  Currently, kids have to be five by December 1st, but over the next few years that deadline will shift each year by a month (from November 1st, October 1st, to September 1st by the 2015-16 school year).  

So, basically I thought Sylvie would start preschool next year, but because she has an October birthday, it looks like we'll wait a year.  (Don't tell Sylvie yet.  She thinks she's already ready for school.)

And this got me thinking... what year will Sylvie start school?  What grade will Elise be in then?  When will "Junior" (my current bun in the oven) start Kindergarten?  When will they all graduate?   And how old will I be???

Looking at things this way is a little overwhelming!  But, also exciting.  Lord willing, there is so much life ahead.  So much potential.  Dreams.  Discoveries.  Opportunities.

I'll try to focus on that.

Instead of all the scheduling, early mornings, studying, practices, and such that is also inevitable!  I'm going to take this one day at a time!  Each day, each child, each opportunity... a gift.  Lord, help me.

It's a BOY!