Crisis Alert: Ahhhh! My Youngest Is Starting First Grade

The impending school year is breaking my brain a little. Why might that be you might wonder?

Well, It’s not all the forms and apps that parents in our district are asked to fill out (though filling them out isn’t helping). Also it’s not all the clearances that need to be obtained and turned in so that I can spy, I mean volunteer, during the school day and at some my children’s extracurricular activities. Though, it is true that these things are also not helping.

No, my stress level is high from all of these requirements, but these are not the reasons why my brain is broken.

My brain is broken is because my youngest, H. Nugget, is starting first grade. In our school district, this is the first year that he will be in school fulltime, as kindergarten is still half-day in my corner of the world.

What have we been doing this week.

Well, this past week we have been trying to do-up summer vacation as much as possible before school starts this coming Monday.

A few days ago, the boys and I went to the Philadelphia Zoo because we are members and we haven’t been there since Easter break.

(Side note, since we go usually in the off-season, it was so much fun to be there when most of the things are open. If you only go in the cold weather months, you are missing out on a lot of nice zoo stuff).

I decided that would not just like to show you my zoo photos. Instead I would like to tell you how these photos reflect my life right now.

I can tell that the boys are ready to go back to school because they have been fighting a lot lately. They are ready to get back there and see their classmates.

Here is another picture from our zoo trip. When we are at the zoo, H. Nugget needs to ride on the train. Then Mr. Man pretends that he is only riding the train because H. Nugget wants to ride. In reality, at 8.5 years old, Mr. Man still really enjoys it. You can see it on his face.

The this next picture isn’t metamorphically anything. It is a moment when they are acting like sweet little joeys and are still in the pouch.

I sound jokey in this post, but I am experiencing these things in real time.

From the time before they came into the world, I had planned to stay home (minus a little part-time librarian-ing) with these kids.

Now I am struggling because they will both be in school full time starting on Monday. What’s my next step? I am not sure yet but I know that I will figure it out.

I know that I am being a little dramatic. In reality, there are so many parts of this journey that I am grateful for. I am happy that I feel that H. Nugget is ready to be in school all day. It was a long journey getting here. I feel so #blessed. Still, there will be an adjustment period for me.

Does back-to-school season affect you?

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