The Thursday before school started,
I took the kids to meet their teachers
and turn in the requested school supplies
(which is the longest list EVER)
Each of the kids were extatic to see
many of their friends in the same classes.
As the first day of school drew near,
Larry gave each child father's blessing,
which always helps ease their fears.
Poor Ben couldn't remember his teachers
name, Ms Groshans.
And asked me to repeat it to him a million times.
My biggest worry was getting 3 kids
up, dressed, lunches made, fed,
chores done, hair brushed,
teeth brushed, and shoes tied
out the door and at school by 730am.
It seems like a daunting task.
But no worries,
they were still on summer tv time
and got up before I did!
We had plenty of time for scripture reading,
extra fancy hair-do's
and picture time.
Emma is in 2nd grade.
Teacher Ms. Cline
With it still being 90 degree weather,
Emma wanted her hair up for
school but FANCY.
I hope I met her requirements!
Emma was worried the kids would
ask about the cuts on her face from
an incident at the pool.
I tried to remind her that they were almost gone
and that most of the kids would be too
nervous to say something.
Emma picked out everything for her school
supplies and even her shoes to
be PINK and SPARKLY!!
Sydney is in 4th grade.
Her homeroom teacher is Ms. Sarten.
Sydney was excited we could get her
an abundant amount of yellow and red shirts
for school.
And requested, I let her leave her hair
down for school.
I conceded only if she put a hair band
on her wrist so she could put it
up when she got hot at PE.
Sydney still walks the line on being girly.
She opted for these simple shoes,
with a little bit of plaid on the sides.
Sydney looked forward to
being able to switch class rooms throughout
the day.
This year she would visit the other teachers
in 4th grade and have them teach her
other subjects.
She enjoys being able to get to
move around and have a new person
to sit next to with each classroom
change.
Ben is starting Kindergarten.
Teacher is Ms Groshans.
Ben refuses to let me do his hair.
Apparently Mom is not skilled in
the techniques of boy hair.
So either he does it himself or
runs upstairs and gets dad to help.
I made Ben divulge all the reasons why he
was a little nervous for the first day of school.
We talked about how he could over come
his hesitations.
And then ended our talk with a hug and a prayer,
and then a high five because either way
he was MORE excited then nervous.
I promised Ben that I would walk to pick
him up from school
until he got comfortable
walking home with the girls.
And after the 1st day madness of
parent swarming for pick-up, I told the kids it would
just be faster if they came home without
me there.
I thought they might be sad about it
but as usual, they shrugged it off and love
coming home together.
Ben was so proud of his "school" shoes.
Even the bottom of his shoes were so
special it needed to be photographed
for posterity.
Ben wanted to be a "blueberry" for
his 1st day of school.
(a term Sydney coined these past
few years of school when she would
wear all blue)
Even with no sleep from nerves,
these kids are ready to go to school
And actually happy about it!!
After all my hard work
of teaching preschool at home
to these 3 kids,
I am rather proud of what we
have accomplished together!!
Daddy does his traditional 1st few days
of school drop off.
He loves having these little special
moments with them.
Usually Dad drives them for an extra treat,
but it was soooo early before school started.
Like 20 mins,
I told them to walk just so they could
waste some more time.
Ahhhhh.
Do you hear that?
That's the sound of peace and quiet.
Two kids at home will be piece of cake.
