Tiggerrn2 said:
Just to get a night out of the house and away from the children makes an enjoyable evening here!!!
That did sway my opinion...hmm...food + no kids. This could work.
paintnolish -- That's too funny regarding your friend.
We found out my kid's teachers yesterday & even my DD got her schedule in the mail. I'm happy with it.
I think my daughter got a fairly good schedule core subject, "fun" (i.e. tech ed/home ec/PE), core subject, etc... Basically the day is broken up between book type classes & non-book type. I just really hope she likes her Language Arts teacher! She has Language Arts I and Language Arts II with the same teacher one right after the other. So basically she's going to be sitting in the same classroom for 2 periods in the afternoon. If she doesn't care for the teacher it's going to make a L-O-N-G year. Last year she had 2 different teachers for those classes and at 2 different times. She really didn't like her LAI teacher but did like her LAII teacher. I'm very happy about the bus situation. We built a new Middle School here and the way they were describing where the busses were going to be made no sense at all for the kids at the new school -- it was going to be as far away as possible, since both the new & old are sharing the bus (the schools are next to each other). However, with the map they gave us & how it's going to work it makes so much more sense & less stressful on me thinking she was going to end up missing her bus or being late to class all the time. They get to have an ice cream party at the end of the first day since it will be the first day of classes every there. That will be fun -- although it's only 1/2 day so she will probably not want lunch when she comes home. Aahhh..ice cream for lunch, works for me.
I have no clue about 4th grader's teacher. I asked my daughter (but she didn't have her), her assessment of that teacher is "She's very nice".
My 1st grader got a teacher I think I will be pleased with. I have had a small amount of dealings with her via PTO but I liker her personality...besides she has a website that is very informative.
The beginning of school is always a bit extra stressful for me wtih my boys as they both have IEP's and those of you that have kids with those know how it's always a balance of making sure everyone is on the same page beyond the regular adjustments all kids go through. It will be interesting this year because my 4th grader will have a shared aide in the classroom (he just doesn't know the aide is there for him!
Don't want him to know that necessarily). We've never had an aide before so I'm curious as to how it's going to work.
Now, I just have to finish getting a few last minute school supplies. I forgot the softsoap for the boys & as we were going over the list again, realized I need Wet Ones for Art class for my 4th grader. DD packed their backpacks, so I'm really not 100% sure what is all in there. She has been very diligent wtih checking everything off & double-checking it, etc... though. (She asked to do this, so I let her!
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Today is our last day to be a bum. Next week I've warned the kids I'm going to be waking them up early to get used to getting up for school. My DD is going to be grumpy.
Beep! Beep! Crazy scooter driver coming through! 
- I never heard of it 
<---Where is the sun??
Her friend lost a tooth this morning eating a donut!! 
We usually go there to eat and than shop at the Super 
to jusr see what happend at the end...
