Grr..

When it comes to the school and teachers I dont complain about much. This morning however I am irked. I am not a mom who overly babies my children. Most of my children were great with being left at school. They were excited and ready to go back every morning. It only took a day or two and they were ready to be dropped off at the door and walk in on their own. The exception, my youngest son. He is super excited about school every afternoon and he loves it but he a little unsure about going in the morning. The first 2 days broke my heart but after that he was fine with me walking him down and he would sit with his class. I even tried just walking him to the hall on Friday but he wasnt ready for it. By the end of the I will have gotten him used to walking all by himself but he wasnt ready today. The lady at the door wouldnt let me in. She said I had to go to the front and sign in. The problem with that is I wont be dropping him off at the front door. It does him no good to get used to something that isnt going to be happening. I have five kids and this is the first year I have ever been told I have to sign in to walk my kids to class the second week of school. I wouldnt even mind signing in if I could do it by the back door that he is going to be dropped off every morning.

Today only worked because his teacher happen to be coming in the building when I was talking to the door lady. (Man I have some bad feelings for her even though I know she is just doing her job.)

Tomorrow I am going to sign in and then park by the door he goes in and walk him to class. I have a feeling she is going to give me shit about it though.

Better

• The first days of school were great.
• The kids are all excited.
• The little one was really excited but when I asked him if he was going back he said "NO!" :(
• He meant it. The next day he woke up saying he wasnt going to school.
• I have never had one that did that and I have 5 kids. :(
• I kept telling him he was and he kept telling me he wasnt. He wasnt getting dress, he wasnt getting in the car, he wasnt getting out. A strong "Yes you are." fixed all those.
• When we got to his hallway he stopped. He was like dead weight. Would not move at all. When we finally were in the class and I needed to leave he cried. Not alot just enough to make me cry like a little baby when I got to the car.
• Yesterday was harder than the first day of school.
• Today he was just fine. Didnt mind being left at all and he was sitting outside the classroom with all the other kids when I left.
• The big boys got to get out at the curb today.
• I was stopped and said if you can get out in the next 2 seconds you can.
• They were gone. Didnt even say bye or have a good day.
• I still cant believe how big my kids are getting.
• Why do they make us fill out all that paper work at the end of the school year if they are just going to make up fill it out again at the beginning of the school year? Isnt that a waste of time and money?
• Thats all the school stuff for now :)

School...

• So I have cried alot today.
• Today was the first day of Kindergartner.
• The first day of middle school.
• The first day of the last year of middle school. Meaning this is the last year before high school. :(
• I was worried about the big ones going to middle school. Finding all their classes, getting their books, and lockers, and lunch. Just plain old worried.
• It got better. One of them needed to tell me they forgot their schedule at home. I told him to get another one from the office this morning. He didnt want me to go in :(
• The first grader didnt even tell me good bye this morning. When we got to his classroom he just kept on walking to the end of the line. I had to call him back to get a hug.
• The kindergartner was all excited until it was time to go to his class and then he didnt want to go to school any more.
• As if I wasnt having a hard enough time dealing with him starting school he didnt want to go any more. He even wiped a tear away when I told him it was time for me to leave.
• This feeling has just gotten worse all day long. I am ready for my babies to come home and tell me about their day.
• Sigh.
• If I find the cord for my camera I will post their pick. It was a good one. They were all smiling and actually looked like they loved (well at least liked) each other.

Stuff...

• Going swimming with some family today :)
• I have ever said I love my family? I do. They are the greatest :)
• I have some school supplies but not everything. I need to get busy school starts in 2 weeks.
• One of the boys is in trouble. Last week he twisted words around so he could have his way and got people ...for lack of a better word.....pissy.
• My kids want braces. We are still waiting on some teeth to grown in.
• The other one wants to whiten his teeth. I told him if he brushed for 2 weeks without me having to tell him he could. That was yesterday and we started over this morning.
• Last week I drove half way to Houston twice to pick up kids. ( we switched the boys, she can only handle a few at a time).
• It was a long drive and yesterday I had to change a tire :/ It wasnt flat but I ran over something (really small that he car in front of me ran over) and it took a chunk of rubber out of the tire.
• Some ladies stopped to see if I was ok. They didnt offer to help though because they didnt know how to change a tire. Just wanted to know if I needed a ride or to use the phone. Nice ladies though :)
• I had to change a tire by myself before my parents would let me drive by myself. Its a good thing to know how to do. I am surprised to know how many people dont know how to do it, women and men.
• My kids are driving me nuts.
• Why do they always have to say "what about.....?" Only one does it every single time he gets in trouble. It makes me want to scream. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Ok I feel a little better (because I actually just did that).
• I am going to substitute this year. It will be a first for me.
• I hope I enjoy it because its a great way that I can work but still do all the things I want to do with my kids.
• It also allows me to go back to school when I get ready to. I have decided that I want to get my little one into second grade before I do though.
• Its feels kinda crazy for me to have plans for 2 years in advance. I am not a planner. The only thing I plan are vacations (sometimes). Everything else just kinda get placed in the schedule where it fits.
• We have 2 birthdays this week. I am going to have my first teenager. Ya ya just pass the box of tissues cause I have been crying all week about it.
• Next week football starts. Practices are going to be 2 nights a week. Thank goodness thats all the league allows. I dont know how much more I could fit in. :)
• I love football :) I find that one of the boys does better in school during football too. I dont know if its because he has a better attitude in general or if he does it so he can play either way I like it.
• I really need to start writing all this stuff down because I forgot half the stuff I was going to say :(