My first attempt was to get up early (-er than usual), take a shower, and to be ready and making breakfast by the time Riley was supposed to get up and get ready. I had all his little photo opportunities ready, and an idea of what I wanted to wear as well as cook. This did not go quite as planned....
Our new little puppy had gotten up at 4:00 a.m. and it took me a few minutes of feeding, taking outside and coercing to get her to go back to sleep. This is prime, mama sleeping time! Doesn't she know this? Sheesh!
So, I am trying to catch a few more zzzz's when the alarm goes off at 6:00 a.m. and I don't think about anything but snoozing! Needless to say I was about 20 minutes later getting out of bed and in the shower, thus a harried morning for mama. Everyone else was fine!
Matt took a half day off of work to be here with the other kids while I took Ri-guy to the school and registered him, and met the teachers and whatnot. He got Riley in the shower while I started breakfast. Little Finn wanted biscuits with his sausage and eggs, so I whipped up a quick batch of those (not too bad, but they were too crumbly and fell apart when he tried to split them for a sausage biscuit sandwich = sad Finny. I didn't kneed them enough. I was in a hurry, ok!) I ended up almost burning the sausage because I left it with Matt to watch and said I'd be back in a few, after I put my makeup on. That took a little longer because Baby Jude wanted to play in mama's makeup too! Breakfast got fixed, Riley ate, I squished an egg sandwich together and hastily fixed my coffee, and we were out the door!!
I had a little page of questions I wanted to ask Riley for his little book. I didn't get to do that. (sad mommy) But, I can do it now that he's home and it's still around the same time I did it last year. I quickly grabbed his little 1st day of 1st Grade poster and took him outside to take pictures. Then I did a few more shots on the porch because it was starting to sprinkle. We ran back inside got the teacher's gift and his backpack full of supplies and headed out. Only 15 minutes later than I wanted to be. (Stupid sleepy mom!! I should have gotten up when that alarm went off the first time!)
Got to school, met his teacher, and saw his room. Signed up for PTO, talked to some folks. Riley wanted to stay the day even though he didn't have to, but I let him. Hey, he's not gonna want to stay at school one of these days and I'll have to drag him here, so I took my opportunity.
I forgot to take a picture, but I made her a Back to School Emergency Kit. I filled it with little things she might need the first day/week/month at school. Here's the list: nail polish, polish remover, cotton balls, bandaids, glasses repair kit, mani/pedi kit, ibuprofen, wipes, tissues, bags of Flips white chocolate and dark chocolate pretzels (wasn't sure what she'd like), a little can of Pringles, hair spray, deoderant, mouth wash, and floss thingys. Most of this was purchased at the dollar or travel section at Target or The Dollar Store. (I love those places!! Oh! and, The Dollar Store now has cute, little, stylish nail polishes-that I didn't know!) I put them all in a big bucket, like I used for the boy's food table at their last party, and wrote her name on it with a Sharpie. I really wish I'd taken a stinking picture!! Oh, well, you get the idea.
Not a bad start to the morning/year, but I know me. I will sleep until the absolute last minute, throw breakfast together, shower quickly and rush everyone out the door just in time to be there before the tardy bell.
With that in mind. I wanted some little "notes" to keep in the van. Just a little something for those mornings when I forgot to write an excuse or send a note to the teacher about something. I found a few on Pinterest and Google-ing, but I didn't quite love them, so I put them together and made my own. I've attached them in my freebies page. You're welcome to use them as you'd like!
I plan on making more little thank you notes and things like that, but not today. Today I'm spent, and I still have to make supper and clean the house!
So, now that I've done all that, and everyone is currently taking a nap, it's time for mama to have a little "me-time" and ask Riley some of those questions! Have a great school
