School House Rocks

Well, I have tried to blog several times in the past week, but between interruptions and my Flicker blog not working for me it just didn't happen. So, here I go, just with no pictures like I wanted.

We successfully made it throughe first week of school with the kiddos!! After a very long summer we were all anxious to get back into a good routine, that is if you can call me gettig up at te crack of down to go through piles of clothes to make sure everyone has clean and tidy apparrel for the day routine. I am still struggling with keeping the laundry cught up - but that is a whole other blog!.

Luke, Sam and Maddy all did great the first week of school and have got off to a good start this weekas well. Luke loves the first grade - his teacher is Mrs. Scambray - and he was so excited that his best friend Andrew is in his class, it's great to have a good buddy! And we were very pleased to find that Sam and Maddy's teachers both fit their personalities so well. Mrs. Crow is very soft spoken, gentle and really organized which makes Maddy feel super comfortable. And Mrs. Olson is so fun and exuberant that Sam has just had a blast with her. And we must have somehow done something right becuase when I picked them up yesterday Mrs. Olson said that she and Mrs. Crow wanted to know how we came to have three of the most wonderful children in one family. I thought about asking her if she would like to come home with me and see the Incredible Hulkish transformation that each of them can make the minute they are in the van and under my care. But, instead I just thanked her, took my compliemtn and RAN!! I have figured out that my kids are so tired of being good, behaved children ALL day that when they get with me they decide I can be the outlet for their grumpy little alter-egos. But, if they've got to let it out, I'm glad it is with me (although our praents and Kathy have been witness to it many times, also!).

Oh, and I must sy that I did pretty good on their first day of school. I did not cry when I was getting all their things ready the night before, or when they were getting dressed, or when we took pictures, or when we took them to their classes, or even when Matthew, Philip and I drove away from the school - that was a toughie. I got home and started picking up the house (much easier to do with 1 rather than 7 kids). I picked up clothes, cleared cereal bowls and straightened beds - and the next thing I knew I found myself sitting on Maddy's bed holding her Angelia Ballerina and crying like a baby. Oh - I knew it was coming!