It was a little like the movie Groundhog Day.
The first day of school, over, and over, and over, and over.
First, Cayleb on July 25.
Naturally it would make sense to start school on the day after a statewide holiday, the 24th of July, that celebrates with parades, all day activities, and late night fireworks.
Of course.
So we got up early for Makenzy's first 5k on the parade route of the Days of '47 parade, watched the parade, came home and bbq'd, then drove up to Midway for shakes and fireworks over Deer Creek.
The drive is worth the bursting color above and on the placid reservoir.
Kid went to bed at 11:30.
But he was ready come morning!
Excited for a new start.
Then my baby started a week later, on an early out day.
Kindergartners get tested the first week of school. It is basically to make sure all 3 years of preschool tuition have paid off or at least that the mommy co-op group was worth all the coordinating.
It was!
She was sooooooooo excited.
But nervous too.
#5 was most worried about making new friends.
She thought everyone else would know each other and she wouldn't know who could be her friend.
She did great!
And there were no tears from any of us.
Dad adjusted his schedule to take her on her first day with mom too.
This is almost the start of a new stage.
P.M. kindgarten and the earlier schedule of jr. high and high school gives me a whopping,
75 minutes all to myself!
Twice a week.
I am usually at the school when she is volunteering.
I know, I am spoiled!
Of course unless I need to run to Costco, cross my fingers there are no lines
No time to truly take a real nap for fear I won't wake up in time.
And just enough time to get out paint and start on a project before I have to stop again.
Next year is the true mesa of mommyhood freedom.
Then just as we were getting the swing of schedules, backpacks, and going to bed early.
The younger two tracked off.
One more week of summer with everyone before the next set of FIRST days started.
Day 3 of the "first day."
7th grade orientation.
A half day just for 7th graders.
A mini introduction in the enigma of junior high, with the 8th or 9th graders.
A little introduction to all their classes.
A way to make sure everyone really does know how to read a school map or at least came a few days before to scout out how to get from the locker, to 2nd period which is upstairs with masses of kids moving the opposite direction in less than 5 minutes.
For sure a feat that needs practice.
So she did it.
Loves junior high!
Makayla was a bit more excited than Cayden.
He was ready to go just so I wouldn't give him any more summer projects.
But there was a little salt added to the end of summer blah's when he found out PE was his first period class.
Ugh, even boys don't want to get sweaty first thing in the morning.
Big Brother took Madalyn and her friend on a tour of the school and showed them all their classes.
That was pretty cool of him.
And Makayla.
Well, we thought we could pull up a map and she would quick find her classes.
Crazy thing is, there is no map online.
Probably for good reason, but come on let us get it through our Skyward accounts.
So she was a bit nervous day 1 trying to find her classes.
Lesson learned for future years.
Our dilemma this year is getting 3 kids to two places (jr. high and high school) within a 5 minute time frame without being late.
We get reprieve every "B" day that Makayla has to be there at 6:15.
Finally on September 11th I celebrated my first day with EVERYONE in school.
Yahoo!
We miss the leisure days.
Sticky scissors pointing the trail of OtterPop wrappers through the house.
Netflix marathons.
White Collar, Merlin, and Psych sucked us in for hours!
Vacations, camps, work projects, sports practice, swimming, laying out.
Shaved ice stops.
It was only 3 weeks.
Summer that is.
Then we started school all over again.
Four times all over!
