Trial Run

Back to school is creeping up! I hope the era of low rise pants is over, high waisted pants are almost a blessing. It’s not cute with kids sitting in a circle or assembly with their crack hanging out! Alas we are bound by fashion. Rompers are adorable, but little girls alone in the bathroom trying to maneuver them can get tricky. Or drawstrings to keep pants up are in a knot because kids can not tie. Indoor and outdoor shoes can get expensive, so you send last years and they don’t fit and blisters appear after one gym class. The list of things to buy can get long and with more than one kid in various grades, it is a lot. I think we need a trade space on social media to get supplies. Fifteen red duo-tangs last year are now, three of each colour. We need a page to post our excess and trade. I bought duo-tangs one year, that when you actually went to use them, the paper didn’t line up and the fasteners popped off within a week!

Kids bring every colour of the rainbow in markers and pencil crayons, but bring a pencil case that might hold twelve pencils. I find a lot of the time, sets are coming unsharpened and it takes three days to complete the task, or worse, you sharpen them but the lead falls out when you try to use them. To the parents that send Kleenex, thank-you! One cold goes around and twenty plus kids using Kleenex and it’s gone! Food containers that are hard to manage or everyone brings an orange not peeled, and there goes the lunch hour trying to get to everyone, so they have time to eat.

It’s a busy time of year, but do give it a little thought. If they can’t tie, velcro shoes work great. Can’t do buttons, elastic waists are fine. Momma’s of boys, maybe a urinal chat is in order. Pants to the ankles to use a urinal, isn’t the way to roll. Your darlings are leaving their home and you want it to be the best experience, do remember they are one of many darlings. It’s like a marathon, you gotta train, try a test run… pretend you are them and determine what problems you could encounter. Be sure they get lot’s of rest before the big race. I never understood why school starts after a long weekend, families are stuffing all those last minute things into that weekend and kids can’t stay awake on day one. Most kids love school, so do I, it is exciting everytime!