It was the first day of school for W. and R. today and miraculously we managed to get everyone up and out of the house on time with no yelling. Yahoo!
I’m hoping we won’t backslide into morning chaos, complete with yelling, crying and whining and I’m just talking about me here. Ha. If we can have this smooth a day every day we will be a happy family.
R. was disappointed to find he had homework on his first day for the first time in eight years. I guess this is the year when reality kicks in. Poor kid.
W. was concerned that they had assigned seating at lunch than about anything else about fifth grade. He was very indignant that they had to sit next to assigned people and had to do an ice-breaking exercise. It was all to make sure the fifth graders socialize with each other.
We had our own anxieties about school starting. We were a little worried because there’s an adorable little girl in W.’s class who sometimes call him weird and picks on him. We’re pretty sure that this is because the little girl likes him.
W. and his friend S. reported that the little girl had whacked them in the hallway. We told them that the little girl liked them both and would probably whack them in the halls every day just to show it. Ah to be in fifth grade again. Although come to think of it, I hated fifth grade because of mean kids in my class.
As for my older son, he sailed away this morning to bike with his friends with a smile and came home looking tired and grumpy. But that may be because he had no one to play with and homework to boot.
I’m still happy that we’re back on schedule. It gives us all some breathing room, even if it does mean that our lives have gone back into overdrive. Summer’s like a long, leisurely drive through the country. But in the end, I like putting it back into high gear.
Illustration from Google Images courtesy of wired.com
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