{"id":23850,"date":"2011-09-09T00:01:23","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T04:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.foodiecitymom.com\/?p=15251"},"modified":"2024-02-06T10:56:18","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T15:56:18","slug":"back-to-school-sadness-turned-to-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/back-to-school-sadness-turned-to-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to School: Sadness turned to joy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Whew! We made it through the first day of school today\u2026and it was wonderful. How was it for you and your little ones?<\/p>\n

Today was much better than yesterday when I was in a really funky mood that I just couldn\u2019t shake. It was one of those days when little thing were annoying\u2026like school supplies. I was annoyed that we hadn\u2019t bought 36 sharpened<\/span><\/em> pencils and that our electric pencil sharpener decided to break after I had just finished sharpening number 5.\u00a0 I was annoyed that I couldn\u2019t find a box<\/strong> of \u201cmoist towelettes\u201d.\u00a0 I was annoyed that there were 21 items on the \u201cSecond Grade Supplies\u201d list.\u00a0 (You get the point\u2026I was annoyed.)<\/p>\n

After the kids were put down for the night, I had a bit of free time to think and journal.\u00a0 I realized that I was \u201con edge\u201d, not because I was angry.\u00a0 Rather, it was because I was sad. I know that many moms count down the days to the start of school in eager expectation.\u00a0 I don\u2019t. I enjoy having the kids at home.\u00a0 I like having them around\u2026even when they are playing with Reggie while I\u2019m working in the other room.\u00a0 I like the less structured days of summer when we can stay out as long as we like, because we can sleep late the next day. I ended last night thinking how much more I would like it if I could homeschool the kids.\u00a0 (It didn\u2019t help that earlier this week I had spoken with a friend who was planning on homeschooling her son for pre-kindergarten this year.\u00a0 After she had left, I looked at Reggie.\u00a0 He already knew that I was going to say that I should homeschool Sean instead of sending him to the 2 1\/2 hour\/day pre-k program, so he just shook his head no.) It was time to accept the facts\u2026I don\u2019t have any more babies. Sniff.<\/p>\n

Even after last night\u2019s \u201cepiphany\u201d, I still woke up in a bad mood today. \u201cIt\u2019s raining. What am I supposed to do\u2026walk Sean back and forth in the rain four times\u2026that\u2019s an hour and 40 minutes of walking for him and 2 hours and 20 minutes of walking for me?!\u201d (Homeschooling was looking even better.)\u00a0 Reggie \u2013 being the wise man that he is \u2013 didn\u2019t even try to fix it.\u00a0 \u201cDo whatever you think is best. Just know that if you use a stroller today, then he is going to expect it every day that it rains\u201d he responded. \u201cEasy for you to say,\u201d I half-joked \u201cyou are getting in the car and driving to work. You\u2019ll see when you take a day off and you<\/strong><\/span> have to do this double drop-off and pick-up.\u201d At this point, he just kissed me and the kids, wished us all a great day and left. After reminding myself that Sean hasn\u2019t used a stroller all summer and had gone hiking in the Adirondacks just last week, I realized that he would be just fine walking\u2026and he was.<\/p>\n

Even better, the sun came out on the way to school.\u00a0 My sunny mood seemed to return with it and the rest of the day was great. Sean has a really sweet, welcoming pre-k teacher and he had a fun first day.\u00a0 When I picked him up, the first thing that he said was, \u201cI had a great first day of pre-k.\u201d (Okay, so maybe it is good that I didn\u2019t go the homeschooling route after all.) He also kept talking about the book The Kissing Hand<\/a>.\u00a0 \u201cMy teacher said that when we\u2019re shy or lonely, we just need to touch our cheek with the kissing hand and it\u2019s just like your mommy is there with you. So, make sure to kiss my hand okay?\u201d (He was telling Michael about it later and Michael remembered the book from kindergarten. It sounds like a winner if you have a little one that might be struggling with mild separation anxiety.)<\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/center>Michael was also happy with his first day of school.\u00a0 He was so excited that his best friend from last year is in his class. He also thinks that his teacher is nice.\u00a0 At pick-up, I was a little puzzled when his teacher mentioned that Michael did really well today since most second-graders are past that separation anxiety stage.\u00a0 Later that night, her comment clicked when Michael mentioned that they had a reading test today.\u00a0 Reading, karate and video games are Michael\u2019s \u201cthings\u201d, so it\u2019s good that at least one of those things works in his favor school-wise! (But still\u2026a test on the first day of school? The education system is so<\/strong><\/span> different than when I was a little girl.) In any event, Michael asked me not to post his \u201cfirst day of school photo\u201d, so I won\u2019t. He is his own person now and I have to respect that. (Fortunately, I really like the person that he is!)\n

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