Having moved to a new state and a new town I thought  we might as well apply for the charter schools.  We were applying late so probably of us getting in was pretty low. I wasn’t even sure we wanted to go back to “real school.”

Older kid got into a Montessori school and decided they  might as well try it. They could always drop out if it ended up being a bad fit

The kid that I was feeling would benefit most from more structured school did not get in anywhere. So we prepared for one homeschool and one charter school kid. Then 2 days before school started younger kid got a spot at the Waldorf school. If you have followed us at all we are more waldorf than Montessori and I was really excited.

Also, terrified 2 kids at different schools felt so overwhelming and maybe impossible. Then a day before school started Big kid got into the Waldorf school. We switched them over and some of my panic subsided.

Still we have drop off and pick up and packed lunchs and all the things that we didn’t used to have to worry about added into the chaos.

It’s been an adjustment, we catch every illness and I can’t even count the number of “your kid threw up at school please pick them up” calls I have gotten.

Still we do a decent job at the lunches, backpack, out the door thing. I managed to slip away from work for my “lunch” to pick them up at the end of the day and they seem happy. Enjoying the process is huge. Little has deserved knitting during handy work class and came home demanding wooden needles and yarn to create at home.   The project is coming along really well for someone who has no patience for things not being perfect. I really love seeing how proud they are of their work.

So there we are school people again. Back in the rhythm of Monday to Friday.