The First Week of School

Today marked one week that the kids have been in school.  So far everything has been great.  Amanda no longer cries when I drop her off at school, she just clings to my leg and makes a very sad face.  That is way better than Sarah did at this age.  She did, however, refuse to come home with me when school was over yesterday, so I think she secretly likes it but doesn't want to admit it to me.  She doesn't start her Spanish school until after Labor Day, so we still have a couple weeks of her home with me most of the time.  It's going well, but I think we both look forward to her going back.

Andy's teacher is really young, he's 24, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing.  He's not jaded, worn down, or regurgitating the same lesson plan he created 20 years ago.  He's fun and energetic and Andy loves him.  Really, the first day of school he ran out and told me he loved him.  I have no idea what kind of teacher he is or if he knows anything about anything, but if Andy is excited to go to school I'm good with it.  He's starting to get to that point where he doesn't like school very much, so anything that keeps him happy and engaged is great.  Today he had a sub and was given an assignment where he had to color a monster.  He was highly offended that he was asked to color in fifth grade, and pretty much refused to do it.  After the sub asked him to color it twice he complied by coloring the tuft of hair at the top of the monster, but that was it.  Unfortunately my passive aggressive son takes after his father and needs a little reminder to respect adults and people of authority.  Otherwise, he's great.

Sarah also loves her teacher and is really excited about second grade.  She was a little unsure before school started because she hadn't heard much about her teacher, but now that we've had a chance to see some old friends we have realized that she has a fantastic teacher that many people hoped to get.  Hopefully her exuberance will continue and we will have another smooth year.

I'm still trying to get used to our new schedule and get everything done around the house.  You would think that having the kids at school most of the day I would have plenty of time, but it never works that way.  I've been trying to go to the gym and exercise and run errands and everything else and so far I'm still a little discombobulated.  On top of that Amanda is getting tired of me dragging her around town, so I'm trying to maybe think about doing some fun stuff for/with her.  In three years when she is in first grade I am going to rock this mom stuff, but right now I'm still a work in progress.

And so another school year begins.