School is back in session. The daughter is is eighth grade, and will, I hope, soon be in the jazz band. The jazz band rehearses at 7:00 a.m. Getting her there on time is going to be, um, interesting. The boy has a new teacher, who looks like she’s 14 (everybody looks like he or she is 14 to me now), but who seems to be on the ball and has placed him so that she can keep an evil eye on his desk. She does not allow messy desks! Yay!
The booster group at his school seems to have attracted a few new and potentially-really-active people, so we are trying to think of ways to give them some meaningful work but not so much that they run away in terror. Ideas?
The paper budget at her junior high school has been cut by 2/3. PAPER. As in, NO PAPER. So in addition to lunch money, it seems I might be buying cases of paper to donate to the school as well. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS COUNTRY.
Hey, other than that, it’s been a great day. Weather finally turned warm, we went to the pool, had lunch with some friends, every day should be this way.
Liesl | 05-Sep-09 at 2:00 pm | Permalink
Wow, you guys have been back for a while. Liam starts back next Thursday. Mind you, our kids get out at the very tail end of June, so I guess it’s six of one, half a dozen of another.
I hope you manage to keep your enthusiastic parents. Unfortunately I have no ideas for you as I have yet to reach that stage of my parenting career…maybe they could plan a band Christmas party or something?