Suzanne Griffin: Back to School Time

Sunday, August 19, 2007

Back to School Time

We are starting school in the morning. I have all new crayons, markers, glue, pencils, notebooks, boxes, erasers...everything, along with a treat of a special folder for each of the kids. Brian will be joining us for official school this year as we are doing a unit study curriculum for preK thru 2nd. I'm looking forward to tomorrow morning. We have been working on our chores and devotional time and protecting our night and morning routine to help make a smooth transition. We plan to only do school 4 days a week preferring to have Friday's off for errands and catch up on the house/mail etc. I checked out a movie from the library and we are getting ready to watch that with some popcorn and really make a big deal out of starting tomorrow. I pray that I'm not singing a different tune tomorrow and waving down the bus for pick up in the morning.

3 comments:

Wendy said...: Sounds like the right way to do it!! I'm glad you are as excited as the kids. I bet you'll have a great first week!!; 8:20 PM
Anonymous said...: Oh, I'm sure it will be great! It's hard to get out of the summer phase and into the school year no matter who you are, but you've got a good start it sounds like! Have fun!; 11:27 AM
Wendy said...: I hope it was great!

We were supposed to be full swing on Monday, too, but I was clinging to the toilet with sweaty hair matted to my face. Not how I intended to start the year off. Next week will be better!!; 12:01 PM

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Suzanne Griffin

Sunday, August 19, 2007

Back to School Time

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