Well, here we are, second full week of school and I'm beginning to feel like I know what it is like to have two kids in school full time. It is a whole other world. I can run errands for more than one consecutive hour. Granted, that isn't my idea of fun, but now I don't have to split it into multiple days if I don't want to. I'm trying not to over-schedule myself with volunteer work and such, but I just can't seem to stop. Library, envelopes, fundraiser stuff....and the classroom helpers haven't even been contacted yet. Yes, we are still in the baseball/hockey overlap timing, but that will be done soon enough. I'm needing to get ready for a big birthday coming up.
As far as the kids go, we have had a pretty smooth week. Only hiccup was that Trevor got a nasty cold on Sunday night. I thought he wasn't going to go to school in the morning, but seriously both of my kids make me feel like I'm running a psych ward the nights that they are battling the start of colds. Gwen started her nighttime screams on Monday night, a day later and Trevor was at least down to moaning. Although there have been some bumpy mornings and afternoons, it does feel like nothing is a surprise to the kids. We leave the house whether the kids have everything they need or not. We do as much as we can the night before.
Gwen has had a few school lunches now, and she still seems a bit puzzled by it. Especially so by the fact that there are two main choices, but whatever your choice, you still get the same side dishes. And yes, she has admitted to eating very little for lunch and come home starving, but I think this next month, she will know a lot more about the food she does like to eat at school. I just hope it doesn't turn into bringing her own lunch 100% of the time. She has one "homework" activity every night which is to read or be read to for a total of 20 minutes. We were having a hard time finding something that she was interested in that could keep her interest (because of the length of the book) for more than 3 minutes, so I decided to bring out the magic tree house series. Well, that was a major hit. We are on book 6 in the series. I know she is a ways off from wanting to read those kinds of books by herself, but I'm happy to have found a good bunch of books that I know will help her get through her reading time here at home. She has started to have some math homework as well, and seems to be grumbling about doing her homework instead of being able to play with her toys. She isn't as into screens as Trevor is, but I'm still trying to teach her the same habits of homework before playtime. We got a call from her teacher after last week's school to see if there was any concerns on our part. No she seemed to be loving school. And her teacher thought that Gwen was doing a great job too. Our conferences are scheduled for both kids on Gwen's birthday, so it will be a great place to put together the kids' goals for the rest of the school year.
Trevor seems to be gliding through his new year as well. We had a hiccup as Trevor is known to do from time to time, but thankfully no real continual issues, so far. I'm trying to maintain his independence on things that he needs to do for school and piano and such. It is hard to not know if he is doing the work appropriately, but judging that is for his teachers. I do not need to get in the way. I'm thankful to have started our homework meetings again, so I can at least talk to him about newsletters and things we are getting communication about to see if there is anything I can help him with.
All in all, the house is getting cleaner and more organized, and I'm helping out a lot more with the school projects. This is shaping up to be a great school year for everyone.
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