first day of school

First of all, sorry. No pictures. When you wake up 30 minutes late, and your husband even later, with 4 kids to deal with, there's no time for luxuries in the morning routine. The good part is that I did make it to school before my students, and it was all handled reasonably calmly. Only one kid ended up waling out screaming and without a shoe! Of course, as the day started with stress, it had to go better from there!
The day went pretty well in my classroom ,  with me running the show and the other two observing. The kids were clearly filled with lots of excitement, but for the most part contained it well. I did go ahead and have a bit of a preemptive word with the oldest students, who were the biggest culprits, though. Then it was the last stretch to 6 pm and my 10.5hr workday came to a close.
And then back home, with all four and minus Wellington ( he had a soccer meeting to go to). Lows: Ilori screaming, Zafirah screaming, Naeem screaming, no baths. Highs: Ilori pulled himself back together again, Kalil followed through with directions INDEPENDENTLY, Naeem calming himself and spending some good time playing on the rug.
So overall a good day. Now it's time to get to work...again. Gotta prepare for tomorrow, communicate with parents after all!

...and here we go for real!

So, tomorrow it becomes real. It's not just work, with Naeem, and schedules that are irrelevant because they stretch to whatever time the job is done (ie. the classrooms are ready for the kids). Tomorrow is the real deal. Everyone up early, off to school, drop offs, kids in the classroom, Naeem in the Nido and away from me for extended hours. Yikes!
HOWEVER, this is the first time I have managed to get clothes laid out for the kids for them to wear tomorrow. And bags with clothes for their cubbies packed. All with them participating (well, less on Zafirah's part). That's got to count for something! My goals this year is organization, organization, organization. With enough planning, step by step I will make it through!
Wish me luck!

So proud...

In all this in-service madness, I may have not kept up my exercise, but I HAVE kept up my garden! And I have the peppers and sprouts to prove it! Add to that the fact that I am actually posting something here...