Entry FeedI love back to school. A time to get organized, start fresh.
Today both boys went back to school - Son One into Grade Two, Son Two into Senior Kindergarten (SK).
It was a little crazy this morning. Everyone was up, excited, and LISTENING! Son Two's only request was a wardrobe one - NO CARS! He is now done with Lightening McQueen. Since I haven't done any back to school shopping, they wore their regular clothes. I had to run around a little remembering a pencil case for Son One.
We drove, as we left a little too late to chance the walk. We almost ALWAYS drive in the AM as we are rushed, and it is about a 30 minute walk when everyone is cooperating.
The school yard was a zoo. This year the school decided NOT to tell us on the last report card who the student's teacher would be the following school year, so it was sort of chaos. There was this dad standing behind me who said, "You know, if a man had been organizing this there would be colour coded grade signs." Yeah, sure buddy...
It took about 20 minutes past the bell, but finally the kids were all in. Son One didn't get any of his closest friends in his class (for a second year in a row), and seemed a little down heading in. His teacher wasn't exactly warm and fuzzy either, but I hear that she is good.
Son Two's SK class is almost identical to JK, but with a few faces missing and a few new ones. He got a sticker today for being so good, but when asked, admitted that everyone got one today.
Snacks were all eaten, so I did well with packing the lunches. Yay Me! And both kids are fine tonight so I guess the day went well.
Turns out Son One is in a split - 2/3. He wants to know if this means that he gets to skip grade three. I asked if he was doing all of their work on top of his grade two work - "No" he answered. There's your answer, kiddo!
So how was your back to school? Yes, I almost cried. But I got over it. Next year all three of them will be gone. What will I ever do with myself then?