This is our first day of school from Daddy's phone. Good job, daddy.
Our first week went well. Everyone had breakfast, clean clothes, supplies, snacks and they all wants to go back. There were a few hiccups, but overall, we did a great job.
Katy finally made it... middle school. She got into band (her first elective choice) AND theater arts (her second elective choice). She is super excited. You can read about the horn daddy got her on his blog.
Yesterday she was able to open her locker on the first try, everytime :) Small victories help to outweigh some of the other drama.
"Mom, did you get the compostion books today? I need those compostion books tomorrow. It's for a grade. I've never gotten a zero before." tears.
"Katy, it's the first week of school. I'm not going to the store tonight, but I will this weekend and you'll have them on Monday."
"MMMMOOOOOMMMMM..... They said I need to have them by Monday and tomorrow (Friday) is the last day before Monday." more tears.
I'm not sure she really believes that the teachers mean that the last day you can bring them is Monday, when they said BY Monday, they obviously means Friday, since she won't be at school on Saturday or Sunday.
Jacob on the other hand brought home extra pages from some activity they did in class today because he thought the sisters would like to do them. I asked if everyone had gotten extra ones, he said, "No, I just asked Mr. Boyer for them and he said yes." He is also pleased to let me know that he is not one of the troublemakers. I am pleased to hear it.
Mr. Boyer gives the kids class cash for different jobs they have. Jacob has informed us that as soon as he gets $30 he's going to buy his desk so he doesn't have to pay rent to Mr. Boyer anymore. "I'm not going to waste my money on any of those cheap toys. I'm going to save it until I can buy my desk and then I can buy someone else's desk for $30. Then they will have to pay me rent." He can't quite explain all the rules to us, but it sounds like real world math and Jacob is really excited.
Emily and Becca are in the same class, Mrs. Means. "But she's not mean, she's nice. Which is good, because if her name was Mrs. Nice, she'd be mean." My biggest drama with them is picking out clothes to wear. Imagine Becca picks outfit A. Then Emily wants picks outfit B. But I say, no that doesn't match. So Emily picks outfit C. Now Becca trades pants A for pants B. But Emily wanted shirt A to start with and finds pants D.
Since I've left the room to finish breakfast, it's startling to see what they show up wearing in the kitchen and I have to send them back. Eventually they both have "acceptable" outfits on, sortof. Now we have to deal with hair clips, headbands, ponies, etc. I can do this... I think I can, I think I can.
I even did a little school with Amanda this week. She traced her ABCs, cut and glued and we read books. That took just a small amount of time, but she likes letters (especially A... she has 3 in her name, so her current signature is A A A) and scissors. I did unpack the play kitchen, food and little table and chairs out of the garage for them. Plastic pizza or cake, anyone?
ClaireBelles is a copycat and a climber. So as long as she's with us, I can catch her... She wants up on the bench beside us and then she's up on the table. Same in the cozy room, they are playing with the little table, it looks like she's sitting in a chair and then she's standing on the table.
Plus she lays on the floor when Layla is out... well, if you are going to lay flat on your back right next to the dog, I guess you aren't to worried about her licking you all over (or else you might only be one years old and don't know you have any other options). I think she's having a pretty good week, too.
We'll see what next week holds.
