Gettin' Ready

I know I'm not the only mom running all over the house tonight making sure all loose ends are tied up before the big day tomorrow. I didn't get my Sunday afternoon nap for trying to get my "students" clean underwear and socks. It's been fun trying to make sure everyone got to bed at a decent hour for the first time in months. Big Dan will be starting 12th grade so I haven't had to shut him down for the night yet. He's still yappin' on the cell phone as we speak.

Little Ann had Open House on Thursday night. She got to meet both of her teachers, take the bulk of her supplies, and get familiar with where her desks are in each class. When they promote into grades 4-6, they have Reading, Spelling and Language on one side of the hall and later they switch over to the other side where they study Math, Science and Social Studies. She lucked out and got Math the 2nd 1/2 of the afternoon. I told her that would be to her advantage, because every day there was a pep assembly, her class would get to forfeit Math class. She liked that.

Before we left for Open House, we had to put her name on everything as we packed it into her new bag. This is always her favorite part (and mine). She was adamant about her writing her name on her stuff this year and so I had to relinquish control.


and she drew pretty pictures on her folders with my scrapbooking pens. Oh, how I miss that fun.

We actually had our first class tonight. Yes, it was called....um...let's see....
"Shaving our Legs for the First Time 101". I think that must be a 5th grade requirement according to Little Ann at least.

And Big Dan will have his last "first day of high school" tomorrow. Pete and I sat down tonight and laid out a few ground rules for the 12th grade (job, curfew, allowance) that sort of stuff...now that school is back in session.

I think I'll be ok tomorrow when he drives off. It'll be a little bittersweet, but I'll manage. I've still got a few months with him at least. Shaving our legs.....now that makes me sad.