It is back to school time

[FallenPixels]

How is everyone doing?
Was there tears? From you or them?

[Littlemoe0]

Oh, close to tears this morning, and she went into grade one, but we didn't know who would be in her class or which teacher, she was still being shy. Now the next one starts on Thursday, my baby is going into jk, that one will be tearful on mommies part.

[gasjoc]

Oh there will be no tears here from me..LOL but now DS is another story. He has not gone as of yet and he only has to go for 2 hours so lets hope..

[VeeVee]

My niece (bfs biological niece) starts half days today...so weird I still remember meeting her when she was 6 months...now she is a little lady haha

[kazm-l]

............It's the most wonderful time of the year.....

My 2 went back on the 31st - and hubby and i still keep singing the "Staples" song.
Love my kids but am glad they are back at school(and don't let anyone know but my kids really like school and are glad to be back too!!)

Mind you, ds is in last year of secondary school and about to start a driving course...where did the time go??

[saraL]

i had a good morning, took my the child i work for to school [with her mom]. i was there as the official photographer LOL! beautiful morning, with lots of clingy, hyper kids. the one we were with was mellow and calm, all went well. i think the mom and i were more excited then her. the principal even came over and teased her about being so cool and collected.

when i got on the city bus this morning it was full of grumpy teenagers going to highschool. it made me laugh. they ALL had the same look: "oh god, why is this happening?! it's so earrrrllllyyyy!"
too funny.

[Lua]

My niece (bfs biological niece) starts half days today...so weird I still remember meeting her when she was 6 months...now she is a little lady haha

awwww my nephew-to-be starts half days thursday!!! being a nov. baby the little guy is only 3 going to school.. but he's so excited!

[VeeVee]

awwww my nephew-to-be starts half days thursday!!! being a nov. baby the little guy is only 3 going to school.. but he's so excited!

Same here! Her bday is in Oct.

[Littlemoe0]

Thank goodness, the oldest had a great day, she seemed to be very happy and excited when she got home. One down, one to go.

[ninna]

Oh, close to tears this morning, and she went into grade one, but we didn't know who would be in her class or which teacher, she was still being shy. Now the next one starts on Thursday, my baby is going into jk, that one will be tearful on mommies part.

Awwww. That was me last year!! It was so hard. DD was terrified and she cried for weeks before school started and begged us not to make her go, and "why can't I just stay home with you? I just want to stay with you!"

On "the big day," we marched her down the hallway (felt like the green mile for me) and she was so tiny with this big, big backpack and I thought, "omg. omg. Please don't beg to stay with me because I swear to god if you just say that even once, I will scoop you up in my arms and RUN back to the car with you and take you home!"

She gets to the classroom, gives us a hug and a smile and says, "bye! See you this afternoon!" and goes off to make new friends without looking back.

I had to wear sunglasses so she wouldn't see me cry & I fought to keep it together in the walk back to the car....where I subsequently bawled my face off for 20 minutes. lol.

Her "big day" is tomorrow so we'll see what that brings. So far, she has behaved exactly like last year--cried til it was quite late and looooonng past bedtime tonight. Hope for us both that she can find the courage to be as brave as last year when the moment arrives.

So much anxiety and stress around school; my kids have been all over the map this past week--excited, terrified, happy, sad.

So Littlemoe, plan on having Thursday to yourself if possible--to cope with the reality of the littlest one in school. Me? I went home and baked crap til there was nothing left to bake anymore, just to take my mind off it. lol.

[NancyM]

both boys had a great first day of school no tears nothing nind you the little was scared a little he just started grade 1 so it was a big change for him no more pens now today i got the tears from the oldest he didn't want to go it's his b day so he tried all of his tricks but i'm proud to say mommy didn't fall for any of it

[NancyM]

awwww my nephew-to-be starts half days thursday!!! being a nov. baby the little guy is only 3 going to school.. but he's so excited!

my little guy was also 3 when he started school his b day is at the end of Nov it's a little bit harder for them to adjust at that young age mine was excited at first to go but then it soon turned to i don't want to go

[itsjustmebub]

my son started grade 2 yesterday, he wasn't TOO thrilled but as soon as he saw his friends he was running around like a maniac grinning from ear to ear

[amandamck]

My 10 year old DS didn't want us at the bus stop, so not cool to have mom there(so I hid on my porch and watched him) But he's so quiet I was sick all morning wondering if he had got on the wrong bus, I had visions of him ending up at the mall My DD starts JK tomorrow, where did the time go, pass me some Kleenex!

[lmack30]

Tears of joy on my part lol! JK....but seriously it was a long and boring summer for us. DH started a new job so we did not get any holidays.

DD was really excited to start Grade 1 and even happier when she discovered she had her 2 besties in her class!!!

Today is the first full day (9-3) for her....I am anticipating a VERY tired little girl by weeks end

Hope you all have a good rest of your week