Well I guess it's officially back to school season around here! 3/4 of my little ones headed off to school together this past Wednesday. Wow. I'm still sorta in shock about that. Anyhoo....
I'm delighted that my children are SOOOO excited about school. They seriously LOVE it and look forward to everyday! They are poster children for some "Crazy About School" ad... Should I worry that they leave me so willingly? Will they be like this when it's time to go to college, or get married?.... (sigh) Well, of course it's a good thing, I suppose. Youthful exuberance abounds for sure around here.
It's been a rather jam-packed, action-filled past week. Ya'shar and Ni'ke and I just got back from a fantastic visit to Ohio on Monday night (I'll post lots of pictures from that adventure later!) and then Tuesday was all about running around, doing laundry, getting groceries and school supplies, and getting ready for school the next morning! UGH! (No, I still have not unpacked my gigantic suitcase.) I had to work Tuesday night, and thanks to some awesome coworkers, I was able to skip out 1/2 hour early Wednesday morning to get home and walk everyone to school. SOOOO glad we did, b/c it was very busy and I would have never been able to park or drop them off. So we took our time and enjoyed chatting on the way!
Ni'ke was very very quiet. She was so excited to go, so I hoped that she wasn't having second thoughts, but she assured me she wasn't nervous. She was just taking it all in, I think!
Ma-lak thankfully got settled into his class after a bit of a mess occurred the day before. I had stopped by the school the evening before to pick up the class lists and lists of school supplies, and to my astonishment, Ma-lak was not registered to be in school there! We had briefly planned earlier in the summer to put him in another school at a nearby district, but long story short, opted not to. After getting that all settled, or so I thought, we put him back at the same school (where they would all be together) and in a 2/3 combination class (2nd/3rd grades together) hoping it would challenge him enough to keep him NOT bored, and out of trouble. So he did get settled in the right place, but I was a wee bit stressed till it happened! So far it all seems to be going great.
Rea is completely thrilled to have Ma-lak's teacher from last year. It'll be interesting to see what all the teachers have to say when we have parent/teacher conferences in early September. All I know is that they love school and I've had no bad notes sent home yet! :)
I'm in the middle of a self-imposed debate as to whether it's more economical vs convenient to pack school lunches vs buy the school lunches. It seems to be quite expensive either way, and any suggestions you moms out there might have would be much appreciated!
Currently, I'm on Day #6 of an 8 day stretch at work... I've decided my new life motto should be: "It seemed like a good idea at the time." Been super busy at the hospital, super busy with back to school, and I'm looking forward to having a couple weeks off in September to just BREATHE!!!
Will post pictures soon of our Ohio trip! I miss you all so much!
