Public School Week 1

Well today is the end of week 1 of our new adventure. I have done several things this week that seem so normal to most moms but were firsts for me. Putting a kid on the bus, packing lunches, scrambling for lunch money, helping with homework, buying gym clothes, sitting in a pick up/drop off line. Weird.

It has been a good week for the kids. They have come home happy most days. No tears, no meltdowns. I came the closest to that. I was a little panicky Sunday night and sick at my stomach. Since then, I have taken a few naps, gone shopping, watched a couple of movies, did a little yard work... Basically not much but relaxing.

The kids have learned about cafeteria food. The first day Holly came home and when we asked her what she had for lunch she said, "I don't know." Luke had chicken fried steak and said it tasted close to crap. (Who taught these kids to talk like that?) So mostly they took their lunch. They have gotten lost. They have had a hard time opening their lockers. Luke tried 3 times to open the wrong locker. Holly was assigned to 2 classes that don't exist and her schedule completely changed. Unfortunately the school forgot to tell her old teachers that she was no longer in their class so the office called us to report our child was skipping class. Today was the first day she had a "normal" day. Last night Cody had a math problem neither Mike nor I could figure out. LOL

I have been impressed mostly this week by my own kids. They have handled this so well. And they are excited about learning new things. One of the goal of most homeschoolers and probably most parents in other schools, is for their child to learn to love learning. I saw that this week as their options expanded. That was cool to see. I helped give them that and I pray they always keep it. I was also reminded this week of something God has shown me many times. He is a great parent and He is a great teacher. And I am immensely grateful for His goodness to me and my kids.