School Blues

I admit it I am suffering from some school blues!  For a few different reasons: One because my little boy started the first grade this year, and two because my little princess is so smart it makes me proud!  Now why should either of these things make me sad you ask, well the answer is quite simple, THEY ARE GROWING UP TOO FAST!  Don't get me wrong, I know kids grow up and move on with their lives but I love them so much that I don't want them to grow up too fast and leave me before I am ready!  

Now another thing that makes me a little sad is that Andy goes to school in Griswold and I live in Norwich and because of the custody arrangement between me and his father I only get to bring him to school once a week and cannot be as involved in his education as I would like since he only has homework Monday thru Thursday.  Andy and I signed his Homework Hall of Fame commitment and he is worried that I won't be able to help him become a Hall-of-Famer if I cannot be there every night to help him.  I told him if he wanted he could call me any night he was doing his homework and I would help him as much as I could over the phone.  I do get to help him in person on Thursday nights but I really wish I could be there every night!  I hate not having him with me all the time.  It is hard to raise a child who has two very different parents who have very different parenting styles.  You can tell it is hard on Andy as well.  His father is more laid back buddy-buddy with him whereas I am more structured and scheduled!  It can be frustrating the first day he comes back to me after being at his father's but we try our best!

With Mckenzee the feelings are a little bit different.  I am frustrated that the potty thing is taking us so long to do but with the different schedules we all have it is hard to be consistent.  She really wants to go to school like her big brother and her cousins.  She talks about it all the time and I think she understands that she needs to be going on the potty all the time but it is hard for her to take when we bring Andy to school on Fridays and she can't go with him.  But I guess that is where me helping her learn things now comes in handy.  She will have a bit of a head start when I can finally get her in.

More about that adventure later!