Back To School 1-3-5

A month into the school year - still full of smiles

1st Grade

3rd Grade

5th Grade/Agate

It's the last year they'll all be at the same school

Back to School 2010 - K 2 4

All set and ready to go.  

At what age will my son decide to smile without looking constipated?  

I'm just saying....

Paige could hardly sleep because she was so excited for Kindergarten

Blaire Rose knows she's awesome, so she'll have lots of friends

Graeme is excited to have the same teacher in AGATE this year.

Paige knows right where to go - 

she is so excited for her turn with Mrs Lyons!

Blaire Rose & her buddy Ellie were happy to see each other after summer break

Mrs Perlattis is such a sweet teacher!  

Graeme is blessed to have her again this year.

And mommy & daddy went out for coffee....Aw, sweet time alone together!  

What did you do on your kids' first day of school?

Routines

Now that we are in our 3rd week of school, the routines are beginning to fall into place. 

I {love} routines. 

All 3 kids are loving their classes at school and we are getting some rhythm in our lives by embarking on another year of Norwegian Dance.  Graeme jumped in with both feet and is loving it.  His class has quite a few kids he already knows from school, so that is a bonus.

I {love} routines.

With the school routine also comes homework.  Both Graeme & Blaire Rose are quite thrilled to demonstrate their study skills, so we have not had any battles in this area {yet}. Graeme is a self-starter and a planner like his mother - so, he has no issue with deadlines.  Blaire Rose is going to be an 'oh yeah, I forgot I had homework' kid.  We'll have to work on that. 

I {love} routines.

We have a bit of a revolving door with other kids coming to/from our house.  I watch a friend's little boy 2.5 days a week - he is also in Paige's preschool class, so that works. I work in their classroom one day a week and get the other morning off.  Duncan and I have started having mini-dates during that time. Today we went to our local pizza/coffee shop and took our beverages down on the dock and watched some dolphins glide through the water.

I {love} routines. 

We also have do some 'before-school-care' 4 days/week for some friends so that their mom can get to work on time.  Graeme, Blaire Rose & Paige love this as they are quite thrilled to have other kids in their house. 

I {love} routines.

As the Volunteer Coordinator for our school's PTSA, I spend a bit of time on the computer doing correspondence.  I was able to get some emails sent and blogs updated today, which always feels good to check that off my list of things to do.

I {love} routines.

What routines help make your week go smoothly?