School is back!
School is back! How was last week? Kids going back to school – how happy were they? What a relief for parents everywhere. Weren’t they excited to see their friends again. Did you breathe a sigh of relief before the flood of approval forms and notifications started flooding in? It was good to get the kids back to see their friends again and make new ones. Also with the start of the school year is the onslaught of sports and after school activities. Do you have a plan for multiple children doing different activities in different locations? This year I’ve had to plan out all four school terms with the days each sport is traditionally on. It certainly doesn’t take long for the days, weeks and year to fill up! For the most part we are managing to keep the activities local – the closer to home the better! I keep telling myself that having active children are a nice problem to have. All the various activities give us routine and structure as well as providing near daily opportunities for connection with our children. The drive between school and home or activity provides them with tine and space to process the day and mellow out before telling us about their day. I’m slowly learning that bombarding them with more questions the moment I see them to find out about their day is not the way to go. |
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Serenity Lane
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