Well everyone's back to school, even my kids in the "Happy Kids Academy" (their name for our homeschool) and I'm having my usual misgivings. I know I can give my kids the kind of education I want for them ( a classical one) and that there are so many reasons, social and educational, that my husband and I have made this decision for them. But darnit, I love back to school shopping! Deciding on that first day of school outfit, the new lunchbox, backpack, supplies . . .my kids don't know the excitement and joy of getting ready for a brand new year. Not that they seem to care, and when I ask them if they want to go to public school, the answer is an unequivocal "NO!" So I'll get over it, and remind myself that they are still so young and I don't want to turn them over to the "system" just yet . . .
I do feel sorry for the kids I see waiting at the bus stop so early in the morning, looking half asleep still and already so terribly hot . . .it's still close to 100 every day and I keep asking my husband, "why do we live here again??"
Anyway, if I sent them to public school, could they be playing Spongebob on the Wii at 10:00 on a Wednesday? (Is that a good thing?) They are way past grade level in all their subjects so I needn't worry. Except that I'm supposed to start my third grader on Latin this year, a subject I never learned in school, so we'll be learning together. I admit, I am totally intimidated by that. I'll soldier through and I'm sure, kvetch about it here!
The only reason I'm letting them play anyway is that it's Daddy's poker night, which means goof off night for Mom & the kids! They get to eat sandwiches or cereal for dinner, then play Wii until bedtime while I catch up on my BBC America shows (Top Gear, Skins, Gavin & Stacy!) and now, of course, blog.
Bekah wants me to write that she has spent the last several days inventing "characters" for her future movies, website and video games. They are very detailed, all having names and characteristics assigned to them. She has already decided that she wants to be a movie director when she grows up, live in Tokyo and adopt 2 children. Ryan, my five year old just wants to be a construction worker and marry me. I wish it could always be that way :O)
Better get these kids to bed, and I can go watch Joe Biden's speech at the Democratic convention.
