It is the day after Labor Day, and in this part of the country, school begins. In other parts of the country, notably the South, school starts sometime in August. However, in Michigan, today is the big day. Here, we had two excited boys, who could barely eat breakfast or pose for pictures. They wanted to get to school. Mom took Christian to preschool at Run Like the Wind, a Montessori
school and Dad walked Jon to the public school nearby where Jon starts first grade.
I rode a school bus all twelve years and really remember the excitement of beginning each grade and the concern about whether or not I would pass at the end of each school year. My older brother did not really enjoy having a younger brother around to pester him, especially when he really wanted to hang out with his older buddies. I am sure I was a big pain in his backside. Still, I loved going to school. He was delighted to go to a different school when he entered Boynton Junior High School and left his pesky brother behind in elementary school.
Christian and Jon are off to begin their school adventures today. We wish them the best ever and to thoroughly enjoy the whole experience. To those of you who started a few weeks earlier, you have it all under control by now and are probably over the excitement of the first day and the chance to see old friends again.
We have another set of grands who have started school in August and are about to move to another state. They will be leaving old friends and have to start the process over of making new ones. This is never easy, as HW2 could tell you. She went to 22 school during the twelve years of her education. That is too much moving about and difficult to endure. She says that you either become an introvert or learn how to make friends quickly. The down side is that you may soon again leave the new friends as your family moves onward.
School is a wonderful time and passes all too quickly with adulthood upon you. If you are involved in this process, take time, and enjoy the whole thing.
school and Dad walked Jon to the public school nearby where Jon starts first grade.I rode a school bus all twelve years and really remember the excitement of beginning each grade and the concern about whether or not I would pass at the end of each school year. My older brother did not really enjoy having a younger brother around to pester him, especially when he really wanted to hang out with his older buddies. I am sure I was a big pain in his backside. Still, I loved going to school. He was delighted to go to a different school when he entered Boynton Junior High School and left his pesky brother behind in elementary school.
Christian and Jon are off to begin their school adventures today. We wish them the best ever and to thoroughly enjoy the whole experience. To those of you who started a few weeks earlier, you have it all under control by now and are probably over the excitement of the first day and the chance to see old friends again.
We have another set of grands who have started school in August and are about to move to another state. They will be leaving old friends and have to start the process over of making new ones. This is never easy, as HW2 could tell you. She went to 22 school during the twelve years of her education. That is too much moving about and difficult to endure. She says that you either become an introvert or learn how to make friends quickly. The down side is that you may soon again leave the new friends as your family moves onward.
School is a wonderful time and passes all too quickly with adulthood upon you. If you are involved in this process, take time, and enjoy the whole thing.
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