Yesterday, marked the first day of school for 5 (yes, 5!) of the kiddos. Everyone was ready. Most of the school supplies were purchased. Things seemed to go smoothly, including going to bed and waking up earlier than our summer normal.
A little back to school shopping with Kella to provide her with more everyday clothes to wear and less princess dresses. At least for the classroom. The girl also scored 2 more pairs of shoes.
Meet the teacher night on Monday. Ewan-4th grade-Mrs. Cherry.
Liam-2nd grade-Mr. Clary. (Ewan had Mr. Clary in 2nd grade, too, and must have said lots of great things about him, because Liam acted like he won the lottery when he found out that Mr. Clary will be his teacher.)
Kella-kindergarten-Mrs. Goff (Cale and Liam both had Mrs. Goff and she is excited to have another Shaffer in here class.)
And, they're off! Tuesday morning, bright and early, my 6th and 8th grader board the bus.
Followed an hour later by the elementary/primary crew.
And, then there was one. This is not how we spent our entire day, rest assured. But, Kinley was quite happy to have television viewing to herself.
What does one do with one child at home, you ask? Well, yesterday, I spent over an hour cleaning up the kitchen. I also did lots of laundry and Kinley and I went to the store and finished the school supply shopping. More cleaning in the afternoon rounding out my day. I think my goal is to slowly reclaim my house from summer vacation. It will be a slow process.
And, how did the school kids do? Everyone came home saying they had a great first day. First day of classes went well. Marcus did not like that every class went over rules the first day. Kella said that no one played with her at recess, so she played by herself. I suggested she find someone else playing alone and ask if they want to play with her. She seemed happy with that and not really sad anyway.
All the school kids were excited to go back to school today. So, I call day one a win.
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