I managed to fill my 6 hours of quiet. I worried. I waited. I wondered. Just like I said I was going to do.
I sent their first day of school pictures to everyone I knew and mentioned to a few people that it was harder for me to put Matthew on the bus today than it was the first day of kindergarten.
Perhaps they’ll let me have my nurturer card back after today.
Samara arrived home first. As ususal, she didn’t come straight home… tried to hide out at the neighbors.
When I finally spotted her and called her home, the first words out of her mouth were, “Can you believe I have stupid homework on the first day of school?”
Actually, her first words were “I brought you a cupcake home but I ate all the icing off of it.”
Then she complained about the homework.
I sat her right down at my desk to start on her homework.
And then the fighting began. I can see that this homework thing is not going to get any better. What should’ve taken 30 minutes took two hours.
TWO HOURS.
Welcome back, Mom.
Matthew arrived home an hour or so after Sam and I took a break from the homework drama to ask him how his day was.
His answer?
“I don’t ever want to go back there.”
However, there were no tears so I wasn’t worried. When I finally got out of him what had happened, and told him that it happened to lots of kids, he seemed to settle down.
When he got to his game, I told him to take his frustrations out on the kid on the field across from him. By the end of the night, when he was asked about his day, his response?
“It was okay.”
I feel confident that he will not beg me to homeschool him which is good because I can’t do that.
Ever.
Not enough money in the world. But I admire those of you who do.
It’s not for us.
But the good news is, despite the long day at school and the lack of sleep the night before, the Titans beat the Cavaliers 30-6. (And I used to be a Cavalier…)
So we’re undefeated so far, but the season is still young. And I think carrying that around makes up for the fact that you didn’t know what period you were in during the day.
Until next time…
Awww…I know how you feel.
I took Andrew to school today. He was so excited to go, but still teared up when I left him there. And we were both extremely happy when he got home. He got lucky though. He excitedly announced first thing, “No homework!” LOL
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I am glad it went well considering….and I am sure you told him, it will get better
Oh and good luck with the homework, I know my time is coming!
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I can relate to your last two posts so well. Isn’t it amazing how we can spend our whole day thinking about what they are doing this very moment? And the homework fights. We’ve already had those this year. Good luck to us all.
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I never considered homeschooling as we were straight into spec ed [and I knew nothing!] We also have the two hour homework battles. I’ve tried all the ‘usual’ solutions but we’re not making much progress.
Best wishes
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Sounds like everyone did OK, all things considered! What exactly was the rift over the homework about? I remember the first day I took Nic to daycare – it was so hard! He was only about five months old. I put him a “bouncy” just like he had at home and he went right work on figuring everything out. I would pack his bottles, formula, diapers and wipes and he would sit in his car seat just looking around as we drove along. Picking him up in the afternoons was the highlight of my day! He would see me coming through the door and he’d get so excited and would give me a huge smile! Just thinking about those days gets me all choked up. I miss him being a baby sometimes, but I so love watching him grow into a little boy. Thanks for sharing your stories of parenthood.
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Welcome back to the school year.
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