schooled

This was a video I took accidentally on the first day of school. I do that sometimes; our hand-me-down digital camera (i.e. from a hotel's lost and found) is very tempermental; sometimes it won't take pictures at all. (no wonder someone didn't claim it).
So, school has been in session nearly a month. Funny how fast this month has gone by, compared to how long the summer months seemed. "There's nothing like the first morning the kids are back at school "
So says the sultry pampered mom on my "Retro Mama" calendar. I guess that mom didn't still have two little kids/babies at home!
The boys new school is going...well. Okay? Fine? Good. H was making good grades, until I made the mistake of telling someone that. A is up to his old habits, but this time the teacher listens and communicates with me. L is....himself. Happy and Lazy, and sometiems Sleepy, like three of Snow White's little people rolled up in one.
I still think they have too much homework, but I think they all (except maybe H) shouldn't have any at all. I wish I could focus on the lack of homework in the summer as a positve, but anyone who knows me could see where that would go (I'm often characterized as a "negative" person, who only focuses on "negative" things).

My kids have always rode the bus. And I mean ALWAYS. No buses at a charter school! So, I'm getting used to the picking up and dropping off, but it really cuts into my martini drinking on both ends.