School Daze

What a month it has been! Looking in from the outside, it appears as if I've slacked in my blogging this month, but that isn't entirely true. Our main computer managed to get some corrupted files in Windows, which is bad news b/c apparently you can't make it turn on when that happens, and my netbook didn't have a charger, so no blogging for me. Even the library was closed to relocate to the new building, so I couldn't even go there. My blogging in August was just not to be.

This month, Spencer started school. And it is a pain in my rear, to put it mildly. I am missing our lazy days hanging out at home, but probably not nearly as much as Spencer is. I also went back to Mother's Day Out 3 days a week and Jack has aged out of the baby room and is now in the toddler class. He is not a fan. I can hear him wailing for about 10 minutes when I leave him and then for 10-15 minutes at nap time. I expected him to be a lot more clingy after we left each day, but he really hasn't been at all. It seems that, minus the tearful times, he's just fine.

I can't say the same for Spencer, though. He hasn't warmed up to Kindergarten at all and drop offs seem to be getting worse and not better. Last week he had one day that was so bad I told him if that ever happened again he'd be riding the bus from then on. We haven't had another day like that, but we've had several very tearful ones. It breaks my heart b/c it isn't an angry tantrum, it is a heartbroken cry. I'm considering going to eat lunch with him today, but I 'm not sure if it is a good idea yet. He'd probably want to come home with me and be upset when he couldn't.

A pic from the first day (note the joy and enthusiasm on his face, LOL):


I am hoping that next week will be better, but who knows. The three day weekend may throw him off even more.