The month of May - will it NEVER end??! It is the most stressful of months barring December. And we all know that is due to celebrating the birth of our Lord, so it gets to be stressful. May, though, is way outta line. EVERY YEAR. I need for the school to schedule all of it's end-of-year performances, celebrations, etc. in NOT May. Can they not start sending home every piece of art work and busy work and finished projects in, say, February, and then let them trickle on down until May? Because yipes. I have signed, admired, trashed, stored, a million zillion things. I have penciled in every reading reward party, behavior reward party, hand chimes concert, library book deadline, lunch money deadline, field day, board game day, pillow day, and every thing else they can think up day, and I have no brain room left for anything. ANYTHING.
Here's the bright side: Four and one half days of school left. Zero teacher gifts on the schedule. This year they will only receive appreciation in the form of a letter I already gave them for Teacher Appreciation Week in, you guessed it, May. I will say NO to the birthday party some mom is throwing for her kid on the last day of school. I WILL get Preschool Graduation Celebration planned and executed by Monday evening. Then we start swim lessons the first full week of summer break. It's all too much, I say.
I got my mom's kiddie pool thrown out with the garage sale donation pile. That's just a confession. I had to buy another for Water Day at preschool today. It was kinda, well, $18 and you can see why, but it did the job. No more preschool. It doesn't even seem real.
The kids are still champion chore charters. This summer I will teach them bathrooms. We'll see what happens.
I am ALMOST finished with a baby quilt I've been plucking away at. I am very much not a finisher.
I keep thinking it is Friday. I wish it were Friday. I don't relish waking up and taking the kids to school tomorrow. I don't relish settling who gets the DS at their electronics party tomorrow. I don't relish trying to skip out on the talent show without hurting my kids' feelings tomorrow. Alas. Maybe I'll ask Gabe's teacher if I can read to his class again since I'll already be up there after I get guilted into going to the dumb talent show. Not that they have start times on that talent show. Or any real clear description of what they are doing in it. PS - I hate talent shows.
5 comments:
Oh my. I had no idea there were so many guilt-inducing volunteer opportunities involved with sending kids to school. So many things! You are an ace and a champion!
Furthermore—teacher appreciation letters?! That's awesome! I had no idea about any of this. We will have to have a sit down together when Hollie starts kindergarten so you can show me the ways of being a mom with an elementary school kid.
I LOVE this time of year!! The last 2 weeks of school are my VERY FAVORITE WEEKS OF THE WHOLE YEAR! Why you ask? Because the kids are still gone for 7 hours a day but there's no homework, no projects, no stress when they get home! And I get to bask in the glory of feeling like an amazing mom (which I rarely do) as I sit at their band or handchime concert, or pick them up from the AR party b/c we got all their reading done! I also love that I can feel like I'm on top of things by sending them to school with their (fill in the blank) every day. Andrew walked out the door in his Hawaiian shirt and lei I picked up at the dollar store and Luke was dressed like an NBA player and I'm like "Yeah, I'm awesome". I just have to remember to pick Ike up at 5:45 today after his athletics party and I'll have done everything required of me today! How many days can I say that? There's always more to do. BUT NOT THE LAST 2 WEEKS OF SCHOOL!! Plus, you have the excitement of summer coming without the stress of all the kids home. PLUS: tomorrow all of my kids birthdays will be over UNTIL NOVEMBER!! Oh man, I love May. (except for having 3 kids birthdays in it) Now to push publish and see how long my comment is.
I am so proud of your kids and their chore chart! Andrew and I have started so many different start charts. The most recent being for Miriam, which lasted only a very short time. Sam took all the stars off. I loved school, but sending my kids to school scares me.
Sarah, I have no ability to be an awesome mom like you in May. None. And frankly it was a little short-sighted of you to have 3 kids in May. Even if you only had two of them.
Emily and Rachel - school is crazy. Luckily, God makes your gorgeous sweet babies turn into Gremlins the summer after they turn 5 so that you will let them start kinder. I believe kinder is Intro to School for Parents.
Well I tried to have Andrew in June but he came 2 minutes too early. I blame him really...
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