1. School supplies. Why the freak do I have to buy Kleenex for the whole school? How about we pack those little trial size thingies in their back packs if they need it and if someone forgets....well they they get to be the one with snot all over their desk. Oh, wait. Never mind. I'll pack several boxes.
2. School clothes. My kids are a little picky when it comes to clothes. Dylan is picky as far as he would rather wear the same thing over and over again then wear something new. He still has clothes in his closet from last September that he wore, like, once. Maybe. Maddie's clothes have to be perfect. Not too tight. Not too loose. Not plaid. Not too long. Not too short. They can't even remotely hint at a wedgie. They have to ride just right - not too low and never ever ever above her belly button. The sleeves have to fit right - not too tight, not too loose, not too long and certainly not too short. The shoes can't be too tight, but they can't be so loose that they fall off either.
3. Homework. Dylan pretty much does his homework at school or after school while waiting for Maddie, so he's not the problem. I'll give you one guess who the problem is. Yes. Maddie. She hates homework and lucky for her, her teacher is planning on giving homework every day. Every.Day. Something that should take 20 minutes MAXIMUM takes an hour because she spends 20 mintues off and on whining about having to do it in the first place and another 20 minutes redoing it because she whipped through it so fast I couldn't even read it.
4. The after school crabbiness. For 20-30 minutes after my kids get home, it's crank time. It doesn't matter if they had the greatest day at school of their entire lives and the sky rained down Skittles, the first 20-30 minutes after they get home is filled with arguments - with each other, with me, even with themselves. Maddie usually spends a great deal of time after school in her room having some quiet time. You'd think she'd learn. Not so much.
5. The bus. I had every intention of making my kids ride the bus this year. At least TO school. The ride home is an hour long. We live 2 miles from the school. It takes me less time to walk to the school AND back than it does to ride the freaking bus. Maddie does not tolerate car rides well, even just to Wal Mart and that is only 5 minutes with traffic. The ride to school is only 5 minutes, but the downside is that they are the last stop. This means that the bus is already full because of budget cuts. Last year they were sitting 3 in a seat. I don't find that safe. Maddie fell off her seat several times last year because she was sitting on the edge. Not to mention the episode last year of getting punched by that little punk. He's lucky he can still walk. So, we're back to driving to school and back. At least it's only 2 miles, right?
6. Waking up. I didn't sleep in too much this summer anyway, no later than 7:30 or 8:00, but it's a lot different than 6:45. A LOT.
Only 6! Amazing. All of these things are fairly tolerable considering the fact that they are back in school and I'm a happy Mama :P
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