Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Back to School Blahs...


Tomorrow morning, my sweet baby Cody Cooper starts kindergarten! I can hardly believe it. "Time flies" and "They grow up so fast" are such cliches, but boy oh boy are they accurate. I remember the day that Dustin started kindergarten, I felt like I was going to throw up all morning long and I cried all the way to work once I dropped him off. Now, it's my baby!! My youngest son! And I'm having a hard time adjusting to the fact that I don't have a baby anymore, but a young boy.

Cody will probably adjust pretty quickly, but then again, he has a way of surprising me and keeping me on my toes. Just when I think he is a tough little booger with no fears, he gets clingy and emotional and gives me that sad puppy dog look that melts my heart! Then I get clingy and emotional! I can't help but want to hold on that last little bit of 'baby' that he still has in him. I never thought it'd be this hard to watch my kids grow up.
And Dustin will be in the 3rd grade. I'm nervous about that too. Everyone keeps saying that 3rd grade is rough because of the tons of homework and projects and the pressure to pass the 'tests', those dreaded tests... I think he'll be fine and he sure has come a long way since that first day of kindergarten. He had a rough time with the school thing for a few years, but last year, he seemed to settle in and he doesn't seem the least bit nervous about tomorrow.

But even though neither of them are freaking out about school starting, neither of them are looking forward to it. And I can't blame them one bit. My kids will never be the type that 'looks forward' to school starting back. I saw a kid in our neighborhood yesterday and he said, "I can't wait for school to start on Wednesday! I'm so ready to go back." And I thought to myself, 'now those are words I'll never hear one of my kids say!" And I never said that either. I liked summer time and would gladly have skipped the whole school thing, if the law would allow!

I mean let's face it... our lives are about to get complicated. After a nice SHORT summer of no homework, no schedules, no bedtime, sleeping late, etc... we can now look forward to evenings of homeword battles, rushed baths, bedtime with daylight still coming through the windows, grumpy morning children, quick waffle breakfast, quick dress, find the shoes, gather the homework, brush the teeth, brush the hair, argue over the sink, argue over the clothes, argue over who goes out the door first, insanity! I've heard many folks say they are ready to get back to school and back to a routine, but not me... I am not ready. I dread it. And I dread it for my boys. And while I know and understand how important it is... back to school time IS NOT my favorite time of the year!
But, like any other part of life, we will see it through. We'll work it out. We'll make it happen. And we'll probably laugh alot and cry alot while we're doing it! That's what makes us a family!
Let the homework begin and May the Force Be With You...

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