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School days

Well they are all off to school - sigh. Little man made it to kindergarten and AE is a big fourth grader. All went well, the only item left on the checklist is "JG returns home on the bus". I told AE she has to throw a stink if her brother and buddies are not on the bus.

We have had a full day already, we got AE on the bus, went for a "short-cut" as JG calls it, ran errands, went to a Kindergarten luncheon hosted by JG's friend KL. Then off to the bus - JG got on without looking back. All of the parents raced up to the school to make sure their child made the 1.2 mile trip to the school. I could not believe how many parents were at the school - it was the Kinderazzi. Crazy.

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carey said…
Awww. Parents truly are insane. Do you think parents in the olden days fussed over their kids like this on the first day of school? Something tells me they sent 'em off to walk the three miles and didn't take a single picture. That would rank as child abuse these days...:)
9:07 AM
Susan said…
I completely agree. I have maybe one or two pictures of first days of school. Parenting has gone to a new level of insanity.
9:39 AM
Karen said…
I love your neighborhood, I keep expecting to see the Beav in one of your pics.
6:38 PM
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