School is in

"An education turns mirrors into windows."

 

School is in!

I am actually not too thrilled about that.

Where did summer go?

 

So far - I am very pleased with the teachers our children got this year.

(Bus driver too!)

Everyone seems to be off to a great start!

I just don't know how long I can last doing the morning routine

and the homework routine in the afternoon.

Getting 6 children out the door is exhausting!

Making sure everything is signed and put back in the right child's folder and in the right child's backpack can be confusing.

At night we get the snacks picked out, the water bottles filled,

and the outfits (including the shoes!) set out for the morning.

I go to bed feeling confident that everything is ready for the morning craziness, but somehow the craziness still finds me.

 

I had to go searching for more pants for our boys and more

shoes for our girls. They all decided to do some growing over the summer.

And it's hard to know that they've grown so much until you put long pants on them and they wear something more than flip flops on their feet.

Thankfully I can go into our basement and find a few

things packed away in bins, but our oldest son and our oldest daughter don't have bins to go through.

 

We really need to find more space for homework.

It usually ends up being done on the floor next to our front door.

It is the one place they can just spread out.

So far our kindergartner is the only one who loves the idea of homework.

She cries if I ask her to wait.

Of course, her homework is fun.

This weekend she needed to make a paper bear that looked like her.

Tom had a great time helping her.

Sarah's bear had Sarah's face (photo) and was wearing a

Dora shirt and a pink tutu.

Cute!

 

Now if I could get our youngest 2 to nap at the same time, I just might get things done around here and maybe have a little time for myself.

So far, that doesn't seem to be in their plans.

Mommy will have to change that :o)