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Back to School... already?

School kind of snuck up on us this year. It seems like we lost a month of summer with that cold June we started with. We just got rolling and it was time to go back. We broke a collar bone, had surgery, took in 4 new boys, played the World Series and started school all at the same time so we were a little unprepared. How fitting that I would just be getting around to writing about it 4 weeks after the fact!

I have a confession. These pictures are not from the first day of school. They were taken 2 weeks later. The morning the kids started back was a nightmare! We had a late game the night before and got to bed at 1 am. We were all in a daze when we woke up at 7:00 am, 30 minutes later than Douglas needed to. He tore through the house in a panic, took a poptart out the door with him and that was it. No time for pictures, no proud tears from mom, just sheer chaos. I felt really bad for the start Douglas got.
8th grade
Douglas' Schedule:
1. UNITED STATES HIST I - HONORS - (070570-01)


2. ALGEBRA I - (052100-01)


3. ENGLISH 8 HONORS - (040600-01)


4. INTEGRATED SCIENCE - HONORS - (055270-01)


5. GATEWAY TO TECHNOLOGY - (083810-01)


6. KEYBOARDING 1 - (021100-04)


7. THEATRE 1A - (019951-01)


8. SPANISH 1 - (034100-02)



Stockton was able to have a fun morning. He loves school and it couldn't have come soon enough for him. In fact, it was his alarm that woke us all up!
4th grade
(this is not Stockton's new outfit. He really prefers his old clothes and I can't get this boy to wear anything but athletic, stretchy-waistband shorts. What's a mom to do?)

Things got so crazy just before school started that we just weren't as prepared as we usually are. Hair needed cutting, old backpacks got pulled out of the closet, we didn't even have new underwear and socks! Both of the boys had one new outfit and shoes. Somehow, without all of the usuals, we managed to make it back. The boys are even doing well in their classes, old underwear and all!
We seem to be back into the swing of things, we still need to do some more shopping but hey, maybe I will get those backpacks on clearance now!
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wylie said…
You make me laugh Jenny, the boys are doing well even in old underwear =)
September 21, 2009 at 12:44 PM
Patti said…
Yuck- I hate Douglas' schedule. It sounds really hard. I'd be sick (real or imagined) and have to stay home everyday if I had to take all those hard classes!
September 21, 2009 at 6:11 PM
Meredith said…
I've done plenty of after-the-fact shopping this year myself, and I just realized that I have a little more to do. You'd think with uniforms I'd be a little more on the ball but no, not me! And yet, like your boys they're doing just fine with old backpacks and last year's shoes.
September 21, 2009 at 9:37 PM
brees said…
You crack me up! What a crazy and fun way to start a new school year. Just goes to show, no matter how much we stress as moms, the kids do well no matter what!!!!
September 22, 2009 at 10:44 AM
Aimee said…
As far as backpacks, I let my kids buy new backpacks about every other year. It seems that the new ones, though, don't make it through the year. They are so cheaply made! I am now resorting to "No new backpacks until the old one is worn out." I kind of have that same philosophy with underwear, too. Sounds like you can relate!
September 28, 2009 at 11:58 AM
Anonymous said…
mom Your right I do love school,more this year than all of the others but you were wrong about one thing for me school came to late!!!!!
October 4, 2009 at 2:35 PM
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