I feel like I haven’t talked to you guys in forever! In
truth, it’s been quite a long while. So sorry! When I started taking my Master’s
classes (way back in 2013!) I quickly cut down on my blogging. That’s sad though, because I have SO much to
say! LOL. First things first, I will be
done with my Master’s in May, thank goodness, and then I will have part of my
life back! I’m glad that I went back to school but absolutely underestimated
the amount of time it would take me to do an online degree program. I’m happy to be done. Well, almost done.
In the meantime, there have been lots of happenings in the
Hollibaugh household. Hudson is 3.5, and
a heart breaker! He’s the sweetest most ornery kid I think I’ve ever met. I go between wanting to hug and snuggle the
crap out of him and wanting to hang him by his toenails. LOL. If
only I was kidding. The girls (Livvy and Bri) are now 5, and could not be more
different. Olivia is a total girly girl
princess who never stops talking (ever) and Brianna is a super creative total tomboy
who loves to do things on her own.
Honestly, they complement each other perfectly! HA!
What I’d like to talk about today is school, and to
separate, or not to separate your multiple’s in the classroom. First, what we’ve done. Olivia and Brianna are in their second year
of Montessori. The Montessori they
attend has 4 preschool classes, so we were given the option to keep the girls
together or split them. Year one we
decided kept them together in the same classroom. It seemed to go really well, but at the end
of the year, Bri asked to be in a different classroom than her sister. We weren’t sure if it was just a fluke thing
as she’d been pretty happy being in the same class for most of the year, but we
were also unsure about keeping them together anyway (many opinions in the
multiples community), so we quickly agreed to separate. This year they have been apart. While the teachers seem to think that the
girls are both doing very well in separate classrooms, that is not really the
same sentiment I am getting from either of the girls. In fact, Olivia and Brianna have both requested
to be together in the same classroom again next year. Okay kiddos, noted. Honestly whatever they want to do is okay
with me. We don’t have a guidebook for
twins (wish we did sometimes!) and frankly I’m okay with the girls calling
their own shots with this. After all, it
affects them a whole lot more than it affects me!
So twin and triplet mommas…..what did you do with school? Or what do you intend to do? Keep them together? Split them up? And why?
Has it worked well? Or not? Tell
me your stories!
