The First 2 Days of School...

ARE COMPLETED! Both boys did great. They woke up on time and we left the house and got to school on time! Jackson's transition in Pre-K is a little harder since he doesn't know anyone in that class but it's only the second day of school and he's going to make tons of friends. His birthday party is coming up in a few weeks so I have to get the invitations set up and mailed out. Anthony of course knows everyone in his classroom but his new thing is that he's going to get picked on and teased. I think this stemmed from what he had to deal with this summer during the beginning of his camps. Ahhh, it builds character!

Tony and I volunteered for lunch time monitoring on Friday. It's so fun to see the kids getting into the routine and trying to either keep with the rules or see how much they can get away with and stretch the rules. This week they both jump in full force. I think both of them will have homework each night. Good...keeps them busy and out of trouble. Tony and I have to get into our routines of chasing the kids to bed by 9pm, making lunches and prepping snacks at night for the next day, ensuring there are clean school uniforms and clean school clothes. Checking backpacks and getting the kids into good habits they'll continue with as they get older.

Right now our night time routine for the kids are:
6-until complete, dinner and homework
8pm, bath/shower, teeth brushing. Some playing and TV before bed IF all the home is completed.
8:30pm, Backpack/homework check. Start choosing lunch and snacks for following day.
9pm, bedtime

Tony and I have until our bedtime to fix lunches and snacks and do house chores such as dethawing meat for the following night's dinner, dishes, general cleanup and putting away of our things. Part of the new school year organization entails prepping meals and freezing them so we have a home cooked meal each night. I have a lot of recipe books and everything that I have read and 99% of the meals can be prepared in advance and frozen.

I'll post pictures of the kids from the first day this week.