And the asses of my children as well. Getting up at the o’dark thirty is TORTURE! The kids are so tired after being at school all day, they’re cranky and grouchy all evening. I’m dying. Dying, I tell you! But, it’s wonderful! The kids LOVE their new school and I love it too. I want to tell you all about it, but I just can’t bring myself to sit in front of this computer right now, when it’s Saturday and there’s a perfectly good couch for me to lie on right over there —-> Nope, can’t do it. Mama’s too tired!
But I will tonight. I’ll tell you all the wonderful and amazing things about their new school and how it’s rocking our socks off and how Pablo’s whole life is going to change as a result of going here. It’s all good, man.
In the mean time, I’ll leave you with this picture I took last night of the girls, because it cracks me up!
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Laura, also known as LaLaGirl, is the mother of a teenager and two young sets of twins. She's happily married to an enginerd named Paul, loves living in Colorado, and writes almost daily about married life, raising multiples, and parenting a child with autism. In addition to playing Barbies and pretending to eat plastic food all day, Laura spends most of her time folding clean laundry, obsessing about the amount of sugar her kids eat, and vacuuming up Polly Pocket accessories. She's obsessed with Yo Gabba Gabba, red wine, and Family Guy. She also regularly contributes to How Do You Do It? and authors the following blogs:
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Jules
July 12th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Cuties! It’s a big change and I’m sure you guys will adjust soon. I can’t wait to hear all about their school. Well I can, rest first
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AmyR
July 12th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
That is the one thing they never tell you at Kindy parent orientation. It is going to kick their asses and then your for at least the first month. Don’t be surprised. We did super early bedtimes for the first few months of all day kindy. It will get better just in time for that first break. LOL
Cheryl
July 12th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Your girls are way charismatic and full of life. They’ll kick kindergarten’s a** before you know it.
Always atypical, we had been “warned” about the falling asleep in their dinner plates, the crank factor, etc., and while they definitely were cranky, they were NOT at all “whipped” like we were kind of counting on! As a matter of fact, they both seemed to have that “opposite” reaction that some kids get from meds…you know, the odd birds that get amped up from Benadryl.
All will hit their rhythm soon…keep taking pictures, and sharing ‘em!
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Laura
July 12th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Cheryl - it’s my boy and girl who started kindy, not the girls - just to clarify!
That adds another element to it all - Pablo’s entering the very interesting world of “full inclusion.”
Domestic Diva
July 12th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
awww, the kidlets are just adorable!
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Nessa
July 13th, 2008 at 10:33 am
Your girls are adorable!! As for it being all day………i remember when my kids had half day and i hated having to arrange my whole day around that one time period smack dab i the middle of the day to go pick them up. It was too long to buy groceries and wait in town for them to be out and too short to do alot of anything else. All day for me would have been GREAT lol. Hope it gets easier soon though for all of you.
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Cindy
July 13th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
I had forgotten about the Kindergarten Zombie syndrome. Shan was in all-day Kindergarten, too…and she’d come home just completely wiped out. Each night of the week, her bedtime got earlier by 30 minutes. Finally after about a month, her system got used to the long days, and she did fine! Hang in there, mama!
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LaLaLaura
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:40 am
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