Mom with Kids on 1st of Kindergarten
Dad with kids on first day of Kindergarten
Kids on Kate's first day of school
Kate (with Heston in the background, he felt left out)
Kate again
Kate (again, with Heston in the background)
Josh's first day of 5th Grade
Josh again
Josh again!
Ok, first you will notice that Heston has his backpack on too. He felt VERY left out of the "getting ready for school" process. There was no lunch for him to make, no backpack to fill with supplies. He cried quite a bit last night. SOOO we let him take his backpack with him in the car to daycare. He was happy to do that.
Jon and I took extra time this morning to take Katelyn into the school to help her through the process of the first day. She was a little anxious yesterday, but once I explained the plan, she was ready to go. She is such a big girl. She doned a new outfit, new shoes, and a new backpack.
Josh actually started yesterday, while Kate started today. Our schools here do a "phase in" for kindergartners. She went today and will go next Thursday, then on 8/23 she will start going all day, everyday.
My work hours are about to change which means some changes in our morning routine. I normally get up at 6 and get "me" ready. Then at 7 I wake up the kids and get them ready and we are out the door at 7:40 and I arrive at work at 8:30. When I make the transition to the courthouse, I will have to be there at 8:00 am sharp! SOOO we will ALL be getting up earlier. I will leave the house with the kids at 7:00 and drop them off at morning care (which is a school aged daycare at their school. It is $4.50 a day for both kids for the morning session and $9.00 a day for both kids for the afternoon session) So it is what we will be doing. Jon has to be at work at 7:30 so there is really no other option. GrandSherry has volunteered to come a few days a week to the house at 7:30 to take the kids to school so that will help on busier weeks. She has also offered to pick them up a few days a week and take them home for some extra "chill time". Having both parents work, full time, is just hard on little ones. So we are trying to come up with the best plan for everyone. We'll see how it all works out as we get into this new routine.
As I am typing, GrandSherry is in line picking up Kate from school. I hope to get a good report once they get home. To keep things less complicated, Josh is riding the bus home for the first 2 weeks, then when Kate starts full-time they will both start going to aftercare at school. Hope this let's you all see a little glimpse of what is going on here. Until next time, Cheers!
