First day where all four kids are all at the same school, all full day.
Little A is starting 6th grade (!) with Mrs. Rose. I hear she's not the super strict one, but also not the one who lets kids get away with things, she's right in the middle. She'll be great for Adren, I can tell.
Eli is starting 5th grade with Mr. Arney. He's already had Mrs. Arney, and she was a favorite so he's excited!
Paisley is in 3rd grade with Miss. Titmus (Miss. T) If you want to get a good feel for how she is, picture Stephanie Hundley. She is her double. It's crazy!!!
Little Zeke in big 1st grade with Mrs. Barnes in the afternoon and Professora Loftus in the morning. I know he'll catch on to his Portuguese lessons quickly, because that is just how he is. This picture makes my heart hurt a little. All for good reasons, though.
Here's the bunch off to school. Of course, Pedro is a staple in our house, so we had to include him!
Eli is starting 5th grade with Mr. Arney. He's already had Mrs. Arney, and she was a favorite so he's excited!
Of course I had to sneak a peak in the rooms after I dropped them off.
People have asked me, "What in the world are you going to do with all your free time???" I remember watching friends with older kids, all in school all day and couldn't even imagine that life in my future. I would think up all kinds of wonderful ways I would surely fill my time all day. But then you get here and it's a bit of an anti-climax. The truth is, the kids have gradually gotten older and more independent, and able to be left alone, or they're gone half the day playing off in the neighborhood somewhere. I already find myself in an empty house for several hours in the summer time while kids are off playing, or I'll be able to run errands on my own. And I feel like life is busier than ever! That 3 o'clock comes so fast, I rarely get everything done I had on my list by then. So I guess the dreams I had of me in a quiet, clean house, crawling back into bed and napping the day away, or watching movie marathons on the couch until the school bell rings really aren't reality. I could do that, but now it would stress me out more than being at home with three in diapers, scrubbing peanut butter out of the carpet and up to my eyeballs in laundry and sleep deprived. Funny how life changes. It's like my mom telling me that now when she can finally sleep all she'd like to, she can't. Her older body doesn't let her fall into a consistent, restful sleep. So the answer to that question, "What are you going to do with yourself all day???"...... Is.... Exactly what I do every other day, just without the kids around while I do it.
However, Jon and I have slipped away on several occasions to a matinee~ that is always an extra treat!