When does school start?
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| Wed, 08-22-2007 - 8:40am |
Good morning to all :-)
School started for us this week - which got me thinking - what are you all doing for kids in school? I think that being a one-parent household makes us all a little more stretched in the morning and would love to share stories.
Has school started yet?
What grade?
Did you do anything special this year? How's it going?
My son is now in middle school. I cannot believe he is not really a baby or little kid anymore - he is morphing into "a guy" - LOL!! This year he has lockers and has to change classes and get himself organized. And he is stepping up to the plate and excited about the process. He made himself a list of classes, times, books, stuff to do and is doing it all on his own.
Yesterday he came home, did all the homework himself and organized his lunch and backpack - all without a peep from me. And he and the dogs all put themselves to bed last night without any word from me - I was in my office working and suddenly the house got quiet!!
But this morning was another story - we were like a trainwreck to be on time - out of sync and practice for sure.
What is different? Well, he has a new iPod clock radio - I was thinking that would get him motivated to set the clock and get up (don't laugh!) and I got a great deal on a refurb on eBay - and it worked yesterday but obviously maybe we needed a peppier song for today - LOL!!

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Well, school starts on Sep 4, but Nicolas won't even be HOME until Sep 1!
Well, my kids are in year-round school and started the new year July 14th. I have three which can be difficult to say the least. I have two in 1st grade and one in second. We do have a routine and they should (I repeat should) be able to get themselves ready to go. Some days I oversleep which is my fault and I understand that we may be late. When they have plenty of time and just don't get ready I am an unhappy mom.
Anyhow school doesn't start until 9:00 but I have to be at work by 8:00 so we leave the house around 7:10 (give or take). I try to get up around 6:10 which gives us plenty of time to get ready. All their clothes are laid out at night to save on the "hmmm what should I wear?" I get in the shower after waking them. Get out and go check to see if everyone is up. Usually my daughter is still lounging in bed. Then I go get myself dressed and start on hair and makeup. By then the boys are usually dressed and I have to say, go get something to eat, sometimes my daughter is dressed by then sometimes not. Right before I start drying my hair I remind her she needs to be ready when I am. This morning the youngest was downstairs yelling at me to hurry up. When I got down there wonder of all wonders, they were not ready (you need shoes to leave the house). I wasn't happy. Our rule is take care of yourself, don't worry about others and we will all be fine. Only one was actually ready to leave. My daughter was standing in the kitchen looking around, poptarts on the table. I picked them up and put them back in the box and headed for the door. She starts screaming, I ask what the problem is, I didn't get any breakfast. Well, get it and lets go.
I am frustrated to say the least. They have a routine and don't follow it. They leave the house with a backpack (empty) lunch box in one hand, pop tart, biscuit, cereal, yogurt or whatever in the other hand and sometimes a book under their arm and can't understand why they can't open a door. Well, put your stuff inside the backpack. That is why you have it. (ggrrrr)
After school depending on activities we come home and the oldest sits down to do her homework while I make dinner and the other two play. They all read after dinner or we rush off to soccer or gymnastics or something then read when we get home. I always feel like I'm rushing...
Maybe I'll get some tips here any thing would help.
I can tell already- that we will all be moaning, groaning ZOMBIES once school gets going again!
We don't start until Aug 27th, but the past 2 days I've had things to do at my work (the college) and so I had my best friend's daughter come to babysit for the 2 mornings. She had to get here by 8am so I could get to the college by 8:30. And SHE is dragging because she isn't used to getting up early after having the summer off! And while I'm used to getting up reasonably early on most days, I'm not used to being up AND OUT anymore (I'm off during the summers) and that was hard on me!
And the kids... they are just plain exhausted from having their favorite babysitter to play with, and that alone wears them out no matter what time of year it is. But to get up at 7am again??? That's going to be rough! They've gotten used to sleeping in (usually no later than 8am though) and they are NOT going to like having to get up and MOVE to be at school by 8am!!!! They're just used to waking up and lounging around lazily in their jammies for half the day (or ALL DAY sometimes, lol) and so the morning routine for school is going to be a shock (like it is EVERY fall)!
I just know that first week will be hard on ALL of us, but hopefully by the start of the 3rd week, we'll be in a routine again.
~shrimpy, not wanting it all to start back up again yet
~shrimpy
"A man who wants something will find a way; a man who doesn't will find an excuse." ~Stephen Dolley Jr.
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School started this week for us too and my dd is now in 1st grade.
My DD of 13 years had her first day of 8th grade today. It is so hard to believe she is in 8th grade!!! My baby is not a baby anymore (actually hasn't been for a couple of years)She only had to go until 12:30. She was not looking forward to going back. She's very particular about her makeup so when I tell her its 7:00 to wake her up, she up and in the bathroom primping! She was like this last year and I that continues this year. I had no problem getting her up in the morning. She goes to a small private school and this is her last year. They only have Pre-K through 8th. I asked her to PLEASE enjoy this last year because next year is going to be a whole new world for her. And, this is the first year I gave her money to get her school supplies on her own. We've always went together so that kind of made me sad. Kind of like the first Christmas I didn't go to Toy's R Us for her!!
The one thing that excites me about this year is this is the last year for FUNDRAISING. Being a private school there is a lot of that going on. I don't mind doing the occasional selling tickets to soemthing, but it seems like it is ALL the time and has been this way since Kindergarten. Nine long years of fundraising! My friends and family were starting to run from me!
This will be her "last" of everything at this school this year. I'm kind of sad and excited at the same time.
School doesn't start here for another couple of weeks.
Droid will be going into 3rd grade, the princess into 1st.
They are starting a new school this year, which is actually very exciting for all of us since this district has a great reputation, we know several of the teachers and admin staff, and I'll still be able to drop them every morning like I did last year.
So far we've done some school shopping, but I'm holding off on going nuts until after the move and my new job begins... that way they hopefully won't outgrow the wintery stuff before they get a chance to wear it.
The one special thing we're going to do is have specific baskets for their work, notesz, papers I need to sign, homework, etc. I'm trying to be more organizied and since they'll be responsible for all of this before I get home from work, hopefully it'll create a routine for them that gets the job done consistently.
Moody, who CAN wait for school to start
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I love the idea of giving my son his own alarm clock- dragging him out of bed is always the worst part of my day. Sometimes I have to literally drag him out of bed- he simply won't get up.
Maybe making him responsible for himself is a great way to teach him to get up- and hopefully it will eliminate some of our morning battles.
Moody, perusing alarm clocks now
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