I suppose that as a mother, I'm supposed to be excited about school starting, aren't I? Well, I'm not. Not even a little bit. It still feels like summer. I hate the rushed mornings and the nagging that they involve. I hate the homework and the routine. I hate sending my kids off all day to be with people I don't really know. Plus I hate that this means colder weather is coming, and it will be getting dark earlier and there will be who knows how many viruses roaming the schools and coming home. Ugh. Is it any wonder that my kids aren't very excited either? I guess I'm not setting a very good example.
Jonas is pretty sad because his friend that he has walked to the bus stop with for the past 2 years is changing schools and so he has to walk on his own. I feel bad about that, too. I do remember really enjoying 5th grade, though and keep telling Jonas that he may really enjoy it too. I like his teacher and have heard really good things about her so hopefully that will help.
Of course, it would have been nice if they had let us know that the bus schedule had changed so Jonas didn't think he had missed it on the very first day.
Samantha claimed to not be excited about school, but for her, I think it's just a show. She insisted that she needed a new first day of school outfit, and she was excited to use her new bag that she made in sewing this summer.
Since Jonas wasn't at William Penn for 3rd grade, we're kind of entering new territory again. But I guess we are anyway with the dual language immersion program. Since she is in the first group, it's new for the teachers every year too.
This is Maren who walks to school with us and is in second grade. As soon as we got to school and Samantha spotted her friends, she was off without even saying good bye. Like I said, I think she was OK with school starting.
Even though Amelia and Duffy don't start school yet, they wanted their pictures taken too.
I guess I need to start looking for the positives here, but it's not like I'm getting peace and quiet. I still have 3 little kids at home with me. Maybe at least Peter will finally get to establish a little bit of a nap routine. That would be nice. And maybe I can pick up the house and have it last for 5 minutes instead of the usual 29.3 seconds. Well, that's a start. I'll keep thinking and see what else I can come up with.
Jonas is pretty sad because his friend that he has walked to the bus stop with for the past 2 years is changing schools and so he has to walk on his own. I feel bad about that, too. I do remember really enjoying 5th grade, though and keep telling Jonas that he may really enjoy it too. I like his teacher and have heard really good things about her so hopefully that will help.
Of course, it would have been nice if they had let us know that the bus schedule had changed so Jonas didn't think he had missed it on the very first day.
Samantha claimed to not be excited about school, but for her, I think it's just a show. She insisted that she needed a new first day of school outfit, and she was excited to use her new bag that she made in sewing this summer.
Since Jonas wasn't at William Penn for 3rd grade, we're kind of entering new territory again. But I guess we are anyway with the dual language immersion program. Since she is in the first group, it's new for the teachers every year too.
This is Maren who walks to school with us and is in second grade. As soon as we got to school and Samantha spotted her friends, she was off without even saying good bye. Like I said, I think she was OK with school starting.
Even though Amelia and Duffy don't start school yet, they wanted their pictures taken too.
I guess I need to start looking for the positives here, but it's not like I'm getting peace and quiet. I still have 3 little kids at home with me. Maybe at least Peter will finally get to establish a little bit of a nap routine. That would be nice. And maybe I can pick up the house and have it last for 5 minutes instead of the usual 29.3 seconds. Well, that's a start. I'll keep thinking and see what else I can come up with.
3 comments:
Well THAT was upbeat. Although I know what you mean. This is my first year of having Chase be gone all day and I don't love that. Of course maybe he will only fight with his sister for 4 hours a day instead of 8...
wow - you've got your hands full. There are plusses and minuses to having kids in school, I agree! I am dreading the homework and the nagging too! At least nobody's gotten any homework this week yet and sports don't start until September, so it still kind of feels like summer for now :)
We started school 2 weeks ago and the leaves are already changing so no complaints about winter coming soon (or the darkness for that matter). I too dread the nag in the morning, but somehow the kids seem to forget by the afternoon. Only 9 more months until May...
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