A bunch of us who sent out kids to Catholic school would take them to school and then attend the children’s Mass. Then we’d stand out front of the church as our kids filed past us with their teachers on their way to their classrooms and wave to our kids.
Our next stop was the local greasy spoon for the best poached eggs and coffee or biscuits and gravy. We all, but one or two of us hated when school started because we had great times with our kids all summer long.
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LOL my son tried to say I’m the recycler (because I refuse to buy him new something if he got it last year and it’s still in the package) and as soon as I said, “You know that new $20 notebook portfolio thingie you have on your desk?” he stopped talking in a hurry. 😛
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I was totally blessed to be a work-from-home mom. I’d spend the school year hiring like a crazy person for my clients and organized their hiring cycle (down time) to coincide with summer vacation. It worked out amazingly well for everyone. It was back-to-school, a few more days off just for me, and then back-to-work.
Don’t most parents go through the entire spectrum of “types”, from First Timer to Veteran? I never did find out what happened to all the goodies I had to provide every year in the classroom “Earthquake Kit.”
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Yep. Homeschooling mom is me!
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She forgot the “sleep late” mom.
Screaming at the kids they must hurry or they will be late for school as she pulls the bed sheet over her head.
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My daughter starts grad school this week.
I can already see my wife slipping back into her “back to school mom” routine.
Notice to parents of college bound kids – Make sure yours picks a major that is sought by employers at the bachelor’s degree level…
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@Jethro — Geoff C. won’t see this thread, so I’ll tell you his college back-to-school story: Since we paid for our daughters entire undergrad, we ensured an employable bachelors’ graduate by denying any monies for any classes that had the word “studies” in the course title or were otherwise ostensibly about some kind of “studies.” She went straight from paid internship to well-paid, full-time employee. We want to retire — grad school’s on her.
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“Brand name pencils? Pfft. You get what you get.”
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Abigail,
Mine (and my wife) was convinced this was a well paying science degree, but didn’t realize that it was at the master’s level.
She’s on her own now for grad school, and looking for an internship ASAP.
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It was always exciting for me to be able to pick out my lunch box for the upcoming school year. It was seriously the most important decision one could make. I had a Six Millions Dollar Man, Charlie Brown, and a Pigs in Space lunchbox through my elementary school years. There are a couple more, but I’ve forgotten what they were. Apparently I half-assed my decision making during those forgetful grades.
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My Mom was the “PTA Super Mom”. Friends with everyone that had anything remotely to do with the school from the Principal to Charlie the janitor for crissakes. I couldn’t get away with anything.
The homeschool mom. Lol! That was me. K-12
A bunch of us who sent out kids to Catholic school would take them to school and then attend the children’s Mass. Then we’d stand out front of the church as our kids filed past us with their teachers on their way to their classrooms and wave to our kids.
Our next stop was the local greasy spoon for the best poached eggs and coffee or biscuits and gravy. We all, but one or two of us hated when school started because we had great times with our kids all summer long.
LOL my son tried to say I’m the recycler (because I refuse to buy him new something if he got it last year and it’s still in the package) and as soon as I said, “You know that new $20 notebook portfolio thingie you have on your desk?” he stopped talking in a hurry. 😛
I was totally blessed to be a work-from-home mom. I’d spend the school year hiring like a crazy person for my clients and organized their hiring cycle (down time) to coincide with summer vacation. It worked out amazingly well for everyone. It was back-to-school, a few more days off just for me, and then back-to-work.
Don’t most parents go through the entire spectrum of “types”, from First Timer to Veteran? I never did find out what happened to all the goodies I had to provide every year in the classroom “Earthquake Kit.”
Yep. Homeschooling mom is me!
She forgot the “sleep late” mom.
Screaming at the kids they must hurry or they will be late for school as she pulls the bed sheet over her head.
My daughter starts grad school this week.
I can already see my wife slipping back into her “back to school mom” routine.
Notice to parents of college bound kids – Make sure yours picks a major that is sought by employers at the bachelor’s degree level…
@Jethro — Geoff C. won’t see this thread, so I’ll tell you his college back-to-school story: Since we paid for our daughters entire undergrad, we ensured an employable bachelors’ graduate by denying any monies for any classes that had the word “studies” in the course title or were otherwise ostensibly about some kind of “studies.” She went straight from paid internship to well-paid, full-time employee. We want to retire — grad school’s on her.
“Brand name pencils? Pfft. You get what you get.”
Abigail,
Mine (and my wife) was convinced this was a well paying science degree, but didn’t realize that it was at the master’s level.
She’s on her own now for grad school, and looking for an internship ASAP.
It was always exciting for me to be able to pick out my lunch box for the upcoming school year. It was seriously the most important decision one could make. I had a Six Millions Dollar Man, Charlie Brown, and a Pigs in Space lunchbox through my elementary school years. There are a couple more, but I’ve forgotten what they were. Apparently I half-assed my decision making during those forgetful grades.
My Mom was the “PTA Super Mom”. Friends with everyone that had anything remotely to do with the school from the Principal to Charlie the janitor for crissakes. I couldn’t get away with anything.