Tuesday: first day of school

It was raining this morning.  We got some pictures when the rain had paused.

Right after the pictures it started to downpour.  Ben just happened to be leaving at the same time and agreed to take Isaac so that Isaac could be dropped off much closer to the door.  It...was probably a bad plan.  Apparently it was barely raining by the time they got to the school and the parking lot was pure chaos.  Ben made it through though, and even managed to snap the picture I asked him to take. :D

Isaac said he had a good day.  I felt like I has having a hard time getting a reading on him, but I don't know if I was putting my feelings on him or if it was a good day but kind of boring because it is all the beginning of the year stuff.

Yesterday I couldn't believe I had a first grader, but today what really hit me is that my youngest is in the preschool room now.  I feel like once Isaac got into preschool he got a ton older.  I got a full report from him when the day was done...we 'played, cleaned up, watched an ice cream show, made a craft, washed our hands, had a snack, played, cleaned up, had lunch, took a nap, then Ms. Colleen was there, played, washed my hand, sat down, I got veggie straws, you picked me up!"  He also told me about some of the kids (there or not there) as we passed their pictures on the way out.

It was also my first day of school, and as first days always go, it was busy.  There was some extra stuff to do and things weren't quite as prepared as I would have liked.  (Prepared enough, just not super awesome prepared.)  I also did a ton of talking.  Besides that though, everything seemed to go ok.  ...including the super boring lesson that makes up the first day of the excel class.

Monday: last day

Today was the last day of summer vacation.  I haven't decided whether I'm excited for school or really sad that summer is done.

Excited: The routine will be nice.  Isaac will learn a lot.  Joshua will hopefully learn a lot.  Perhaps the boys will not get on each other's nerves quite so much.

Sad: packing lunches.  Getting up early.  Wearing socks.  Being Joshua's only playmate during the day.


We went on a walk and found all the colors of the rainbow...but mainly green.  I thought we all could use some green before going back to school.

Sunday: made it

Well, everyone survived today.  I'm not really sure what was in the water, but everyone was having a slightly off day.  I took a nap that I wasn't planning on taking and it made me feel a lot better.  Naps often do an excellent job of resetting my outlook on everything.

Saturday: birthday week

Continuing with my birthday week, I got some presents this morning.  Before I opened the presents I learned that, "It's not ice cream" (Isaac) and "Can I have a donut with lunch?" (Joshua)  I also got some lovely fabric.

We also went for a very nice boat ride and dinner this evening.

Thursday: mini golf

We went mini-golfing and had some ice cream today.  Isaac did a pretty good job, but he wasn't keeping score so several he just swept into the hole.  Joshua was hilarious, just like last time.  I completely gave up trying to get any sort of correct form.

Friday: quilt show

Today I went to the quilt show with Cheryl.  There were fewer art and crazy applique quilts this time, and I really liked that.

Here are some of my favorites:

Jazzy by Kathy Kittle:

Glacier 01 by Karen Marchetti

Sunshine by Katherine Jones

Winter Peace by Lynne Bogardus

2017 by Tracy Husch-Lissak

Wednesday: meet the teacher

Today was meet the teacher day for Isaac.  His friend was there and came right over to say hi, and that was nice to see.

The teacher presentation was mostly just the normal stuff, but it was nice to be able to look around the classroom and see what was there.  When Isaac went up to say hi to his teacher she said, "your teacher told me so many great things about you!" to which he responded, "I never moved my clip!"  (i.e., I never got in trouble.)

At the end I wondered where I should put some of the supplies that had Isaac's name on them.  She said to just put them out in the hallway because it is a communal pool.  Um...ok.  I asked again because I really was surprised and pulled out the pencil case, which had his name on it.  We slowly figured out what was going on.  Apparently no one ever reads the instructions on the list and just brings stuff in without putting the name on.  And they don't get all the supplies, because she had a pencil bag and water bottle for everyone.

Now, I understand that sometimes people can't bring in supplies due to financial hardship and that's a separate topic.  But no one else reads the instructions???  I was really surprised that there wasn't at least some expectation that the parents would do as the instructions asked, even if it wasn't done by most.  When I was talking with her it wasn't, "oh, yeah, I know what you're talking about and you should put those supplies here."  It was some back and forth before we understood each other.  (Also, it isn't as though the supply list is out-of-date because the list changed between the one they sent home after kindergarten and the one we recently received in the mail.)  I would be happy to not label his pencils.  But then don't tell me to do so.

Besides that she seems nice and hopefully Isaac will have a great year.