Highlights from the first week of school - where Mom was going crazy with her new job, Dad was going crazy getting ready for his students (and a whole bunch of other things), and the Kids were freaking out because they *finally* realized that they had, in fact, missed a year of French. I had been telling them this all last year, but they didn't really take heed. Until the day before school when they decided to get all freaky and nervous and worried about it. But I digress...
New lunchboxes - for Kids and for Mom - From LL Bean. Exorbitant taxes and shipping and duties, so I also decided to order a couple of pairs of pants too.
No school supplies - schools here figure that stuff out on their own.
No back-to-school clothes - my boys don't care. Wear what they had in the summer, they're happy.
Except for shoes. Somehow, every year, I forget about the "indoor shoes" thing. Seems like the school wants to keep the classroom floors clean (go figure - probably has something to do with paying fewer custodians...) and so the kids have to change to their "indoor shoes" when they get into the hallway outside their classroom. Both kids are in portables this year, so it makes slightly less sense,but whatever.
Kid#1 came home on Friday and told me that he didn't need indoor shoes anymore because the school gave him a pair. I still can't figure this out. I guess they are shoes from the school's lost and found or something, but he seems to think they are his. I have an email into the school to find out what the reality is, because Kid#1 told me that he "assumed" the shoes are his for the whole year so...
Oh a slight segue - by this time last year in Arlington, MA, we had already received several newsletters home and had the direct email address for each of our kids' teachers. Kingston, ON, schooling is a bit different - I have no idea what the teachers' email addresses are - no indication of how to get hold of them directly at all. Though I do have three nice newsletters from the teachers and school. With very little information, but lots of nice words.
And, on a final note, I'm already starting to see parents posting stuff on Facebook about how their kids are sick - the back-to-school flu or something. I'm already anxious about it. Can we please stop posting stuff about how sick we are or how much the kids threw up? It stresses me out. Thanks.
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I am also really frustrated with the lack of information from our kids' school. I always feel like they are trying to protect themselves from crazy demands of entitled parents by just keeping everything a big secret. It's a shame, I feel like more open communication could only help, but who knows.
Hope week 2 finds us both with our heads a little more in order!
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