September 5th...the first day after the Labour Day long weekend can only mean one thing...school is back in! Sam started High school! Paige had her first day of grade two, and Ben started kindergarden! as you can see from the pictures (Sam wouldn't let me take one of him this morning!), Paige is MUCH more sophisticated about 'going back to school' than Ben is! :)

Ben only had an hour of school today and it was more of a 'parent orientation' than actual Kindergarden. The kids were taken to the library and had a story read to them whilst us parents learned the ropes of kindergarden (after four kids I could stand at the front of the room and tell them what it's all about! haha). So afterwards, I asked Ben how he liked Kindergarden so far. His answer? "Zero percent". I guess we can only go UP from here! Tomorrow will be his first 'real' day, which will consist of taking the bus with Paige in the morning (she's told him if he is late for school he has to go to the principals office. Gotta LOVE big sisters!), and the full two and a half hours in class. We'll see if we do better than 'zero percent' tomorrow!

It will be nice to get back into our regular routine, and after volunteering one morning a week in Paiges class, and one morning a week in Bens, I will still have three whole mornings a week to have uninterupted, quality HOMEWORK time as I want to finish my degree this year!

So here's to all of you parents who are wiping the sweat of your brows and are glad that school is back in!

Hugs and Love,
Mark,Jaye and Gang