Twas the Night Before School Started

Author: unknown

Twas the night before school started
when all through the town
the parents were cheering
it was a riotous sound.

By eight the kids were washed
and tucked into bed
when memories of homework
filled them with dread.

New pencils, new folders, new notebooks too,
new teachers, new friends, the anxiety grew.
The parents just giggled when they heard of this fright
and shouted upstairs-GO TO BED-IT'S A SCHOOL NIGHT!

The 3rd grade saga begins tomorrow.  Sunshine got the teacher we requested (after the first two were 1) reassigned to another grade & 2) got a job in her hometown 45 min. away) & she is wonderful.  The benefit of me working at school so much is I have the opportunity to see how the teachers interact with their children in & out of the classrooms.  And how the teachers interact with one another.  While Sunshine & one of her best gal pals aren't in the same class, she is with several other girls whom she likes.  Best of all, two of my PTA mommy friends have girls in Sunshine's class.  Thursday when we were at Verification Day there was much hugging & promises of our class having a great year with the "trifecta" of rooms moms!  It did my little ego good when one of the 3rd grade teachers (who taught 2nd last year) said to Mrs. Fabulous (Sunshine's teacher this year) that it wasn't fair that she had 2 of the best room moms from 2nd grade in one class!  I went through her roster with her so she could talk to some of the moms whose children's names I starred.

So, Sunshine is in bed, the backpack is full of fresh, new school supplies & her new outfit & shoes are ready to go in the morning.  I need to get myself into bed because 6 am is going to come awfully early.  In true over-extended form, I need to get some work done at school tomorrow after dropping her off in her classroom.  I need to make copies of the PTA Grant letter to the faculty/staff, do a 2nd count on the money we brought in on Verification Day & speak with the Super Bookatarian about the AR kick off next Monday.  I've also got 2 shifts at the school store this week--Tuesday night during the K-2nd Orientation & again on Friday morning.  

Boarding the crazy train. . .