What do you get when you have fresh notebooks and pencils, shaped pancakes, a trip 'round the block in the "schoolbus" (a. k. a. family car), and photos on the front porch?The FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!!
At our house the first day of school is special because we don't actually go anywhere.
How's that make it special?
Because we make it special.
Learning at home is fun for the kids. They could do their lessons in their pajamas -- or even their underwear -- and no one would mind. But it does lose some of that "first-day-of-school" excitement that you get by riding a schoolbus in new school clothes with a new backpack and lunchbox and pencilbox filled with new crayons, pencils, pens, and scissors.
So that's where we step in. If we can bring some kind of specialness to the whole process then it makes it just as fun as going to a traditional "brick-and-mortar" school.
Hence, the pancake breakfast, special notebooks, trip around the block, and school photos.
And it's fun for us, too.
Anyways...
Happy Monday to you, too! The final Monday in August.
Time is speeding by, huh?
We had a jam-packed weekend, as you may have read yesterday. And, phew! I think we might recover by next Thursday. *grin*
The kids enjoyed our family time, and we made lots of family memories together...and that's what it's all about: making memories together.
The "Leechie Countdown" continues. Only 18 days to go. Wow! Wow! Wow!!!! Of course, as Stuart pointed out to the kids yesterday, we're kind of in the "any day zone" now. [Insert scream and scary music here.]
The painters have been working on our house.
[Silence.]
I guess I should be grateful because the painters have been working on our house, but we're paying them to work on our house. And I think Stuart and I learned not to go with the cheapest estimate next time...though financially we didn't really have a choice. They're not professional at all. Hopefully when they finally finish (!!) we can fix some of the paint splodges and clean up all the paint chips that they scraped off and left behind. Several boxes in our attic have even been christened with the "cafe-au-lait" paint of the trim, too.
Hmm...
Guess I should get busy with my "chores" for the day...got lots to do, including school lessons now, and I'm already tired. A mother's job is never finished, right? *wink*
And the fun has only just begun... *grin*
1 comment:
Oh I can learn so much from you! It occurred to me today as I feverishly ran around to get Ellie ready for school--that Landon was in the next room picking out one of his new outfits for school as well. He came out, all pressed and clean and ready to go! It made me a bit sad that I didn't make it more of a special morning for him--but I hope to make up for it in about a half hour with a celebratory lunch--just the two of us. Congrats on the new school year--here's hoping it all goes well! And 18 days is NOTHING! I suppose the kids will be getting a huge lesson in child rearing--one of the best electives out there--lol!
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