"Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God, But only he who sees takes off his shoes, The rest sit 'round it and pluck blackberries."

- Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Back to School

In the summer, in the morning, I lie in bed.  Justin does not leave at 5:30 as he does during the school-year.  Baby S wakes up, eats, and joins us in our laziness.  And around 6:45 the other kiddoes rush in.  There are days that I keep my eyes closed and pretend to be sleeping, days that I give up on not being jumped on - and get out to make the bed, and days where we all manage to get along and be lazy for a half hour more.

And sometimes - instead of debating who has the best spot, who stole who's pillow, who kicked who, who's hungry, and whether or not E is screaming or talking in her regular voice - we have fun:




Which brings me to my point.

(You know, the one about me hating school.)

E goes to school on Thursday.  She will be in 1st grade.  And I am not excited about losing her again.


On Friday E joined Justin and I on our get-away date.  We ate BBQ and went to pick out a "back to school" outfit.  Since E has half a heart that wishes she were an only child (the other half enjoys people to boss/love) she had a great time. 


I cannot believe she will be gone on Thursday.  Which is why I quite enjoyed the homeschooling magazine I suscribed to last year when it arrived in my mailbox this week.  But I did eventually throw it away.  Sigh.

3 comments:

Mark & Bek said...

That does look like fun. Both your date and mornings in your bed. Well that sure sounded creepy.

I can't imagine losing a child to first grade. After much deliberation (in my own head) I have decided to send Russ to pre-school and am freaking out about that!

Paula Wood said...

I CaN'T WAIT TO HEAR ABOUT HOW ELLIE LIKED HER FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!!!

I HOPE I CAN TALK WITH HER TOMORROW!

Love,
Grandma Paula

Claire said...

Most homeschooling magazines are a little over the top, in my opinion!