and *poof* it's Kindergarten

I've been rather lazy about Kindergarten research.  Last year I remember preschool posting notes on the doors of the 4 year old classes when each of the schools in the area started kindergarten registration so this year I figured the same would happen.  When I took K-Girl to the dentist last month the hygienist asked if she had any KG forms to fill out and that her niece had already enrolled.  Well it's wasn't the same school so I just figured not yet.  Well then another mom posted on facebook about going in for registration with her son who is in K-Girl's preschool class (different district though).  That is what made me think perhaps I need to do my own detective work.  The website had nothing so I had to call.  Boooo.  I hate calling about anything when there is any other way around it, but ask The Husband - I'm getting MUCH better about it. 

I called today.

I missed the first day of interviews.  Oops.  Luckily they had appointments available the second day so I didn't completely feel like slacker mom.  I have an appointment.  Tuesday March 31st.

Also according to everything I found online they only had half-day KG.  I've been complaining about this for ages.  Half day kindergarten is 9:00 - 11:50 (for morning session).  I gain 20 minutes on preschool and other than that increase my running by 5 days a week rather than 3.  It just seemed to be a big pain in the butt.  So when she asked me if I wanted information relevant to half or full day I was pleasantly surprised.  K-Girl is more than ready for full day.  She loves school.  She fights at home.  She's ALWAYS "bored" (yes, I am aware that is every kid).  But I think for as much as they are doing and everything that full day just makes sense. 

Now that I got what I wanted (I guess unless they tell me it's full or something like that) it makes me a bit sad.  Holy cow when did my baby get big enough to be leaving me for a whole day at school.  I'm not one of those emotional moms.  I really didn't think I'd cry the first day of preschool, her first year not this year ;), but I did a little.  And something is telling me that kindergarten is going to hit me hard. 

It doesn't help that when I went to kindergarten my class was 16 kids and that was it - I mean for the whole school's KG.  I was with the same 16 (give or take new kids and ones that moved) from KG to 3rd (would have been 4th but I moved).  K-Girl's school's kindergarten class had a count of 151 kids according to their website which is probably slightly outdated.  That was as many kids as I had in my entire graduating class.  Makes this country bumpkin mom feel some culture shock and nerves about sending her baby off to such a large school and this is only elementary!

Now if I can just get K-Girl pumped about it.  She loves preschool, but when talk comes about leaving preschool and going to KG she wants nothing of it.  I just remind myself that she was adamant up until the first day that she didn't want to go to preschool this year if she didn't have her 3's teacher.  By pickup that first day she was loving her new teachers and I know the same will go for KG. 

ready... set... *blink*