1st Day of School!

Their school bags are packed with fresh new crayons and colored pencils. New tennis shoes adorn their feet. The beauticians and dentists have been visted. Activity tickets purchased. Class registrations complete. It IS the first day of SCHOOL!

This year it hit me on the way home from registration. Next YEAR I will have a freshman and a middle schooler. WOW! Time does fly. So this year I am relishing my 8th grader and my 5th grader.

First day of school...so everyone was up and at em, without 50 reminders. Give em a week and I will be back to playing my tape recorder...get up, get dressed, the bus is coming, did you brush your teeth, comb your hair, get up, get dressed, the bus is coming, did you brush your teeth, comb your hair, get up..get dressed....?

One day EVERY school year I enjoy the independence and efficiency that comes with the excitement of the first day of school. I LOVE the start of summer, but I also LOVE the start of the school year. With that comes routine, family suppers, early to bed and early to rise, dance, cross country, orchestra and concert band, basketball, track, confirmation, and may be swim team. It also means fall/winter are knocking on summer's door. I am itching to change out my decor, plant my mums and pull out my sweat shirts.

Happy First Day of School!