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!