Back to School

We survived our first week of kindergarten and our first day of preschool.  Back to school is officially in full swing.

Jade is now on her second week of kindergarten and she is starting to get frustrated.  They spent the first week learning the rules of the class and learning their way around the school.  They got to know their teacher and their specials teachers.  Now, in week two, and they are still learning the rules and getting acquainted with the school.  She wants to read.  She wants to write.  She wants to do math.  I keep telling her that it is coming and she'll have plenty of time to do lots of things, but I can see the frustration on her face.  I ask her about her day and she says "we went to the library."  I asked her if they got to check out any books and she said "no, they just told us a story about a kid who ruined a book by spilling red kool-aid on the book, and told us that we shouldn't eat or drink while reading a library book."  The look in her eyes was a bit of disappointment and a lot of frustration.  She was really hoping to get a BabyMouse book to read at school.

Maxwell started preschool today.  He walked right in and sat down and started doing his puzzle with a big smile on his face.  He had a wonderful day.  He said, "I played with that boy."  He couldn't remember his new friend's name but he liked meeting new friends.  He was so proud of his "superstar" sticker he got.  I am so proud of what a big boy he is and how he can so easily go into a room of strangers and make friends.

So, we're in full swing.  As they get older, I'm running them around like mad.  Someone in this family has something almost every night of the week.  My only problem ... tonight we had to go straight from gymnastics to the PTA meeting.  I didn't get to eat dinner, and I'm okay with that.  What I'm not okay with is that I didn't get to eat dinner with my kids and put them to bed.  I want to our family to always sit down together.  I want to read stories to my children every night.  Tonight, I didn't get to do that.  So, I kiss them softly so I don't wake them and watch them sleep on the baby monitor, and I will give them an extra big hug tomorrow.