I have been bad, really bad!!

OK it's not like l have done something bad, or illegal, it's more like I've been bad with the blogging part. At the start of the year l had promised myself l would blog, if not everyday, or once a week, at least once a month. You know, so l could one day look back and see what l was doing in 2009. So now I find myself at the end of August, and my last post was February, and I'm thinking to myself what the heck have l done for the last 7 months?!!!

Well that is going to have to be an entirely separate post. I couldn't possibly cover a whole 7 months in one post, I mean sure it's not like I've been super busy every month, but come on, my life re caped in one post!

So for now, I'm covering what's still fresh in my mind at the moment. First day of School!! yep, the summer vacation has come and gone and on Tuesday the 24th of August my kiddos started school. This year Maddy is in 8th grade, her last year at middle school, and Liam, is starting middle school. I will admit l was fine all summer, happy to be finally finished with elementary school, he was happy too! We hardly even thought about it, except as the day got closer l started to think, and think. Would he be OK, would he be able to cope with the change, the amount of homework, the no recess and the extremely long hours, even l have to admit that 8:45 to 4pm, 7 periods, half an hour for lunch and no recess is a little scary! I loved my recess when l was at school, those were the times we got to hang with our friends, and chat, and complain about how unfair school was!
Well Monday night all was good, it also happened to be his birthday, so after dinner, showers were had, clothes picked out, bags all packed and ready to go, lunches made and all that was left was to go to bed. Maddy was off, she was actually excited to be going back to school, see all her friends, and get started on the work ( the girl loves it!). Liam on the other hand, was anxious, he couldn't get to sleep, so l lay with him (totally taking advantage of this, l remember while lying with him, thinking that in a couple of years, my boy will not be wanting mum to lie with him and scratch his back) and assured him all would be good. Not to worry if the locker doesn't open, ask for help, or if you're late to class, they expect that on the first day, ask questions if you need help or don't understand etc etc. After he was calmed down and asleep, then it was my turn to be anxious. Here l was sending my little boy to a big school, where all walks of life frequented, no longer kept safe from things by the walls of elementary school, was he ready, was he strong enough to handle it all, heck yes, was l ready!! Well l had to be, cause as they say, you can't go back!!

That morning we all woke up early, I come to find out none of us slept well. Had breakfast, dressed, and out the door with time to take the usual first day of school photos. Maddy wanted me to come in with them but l was stopped at the front door, as l had expected to be (there's no mothering in middle school, cut the cord fast and quick) so l bade them goodbye, told them to have fun and l'd see them at 4:30 that afternoon when they got home. Then l got back in my car and drove home, past the elementary school where l could swear it was only last year that Liam had started kindergarten and Maddy was going into 2nd grade, why the heck had l blinked!!!