Finally...the First Day of School, 2020

Lots of nerves happening before this first day of school.  Josh was a nervous wreck, suffering through all of the unknowns of a new school.  We emailed his teacher, to perhaps relieve his nerves, and Ms. Leary graciously emailed back that this was going to be a great year for Josh.  Micah wore his nerves very quietly, but we knew they were there.  The morning of, I had the day off, so I took pics (mask on, mask off!) and drove them to school. 

Parents weren't allowed to get out of their cars (or go inside) with their kids on the first day, so I choked back nervous tears for the boys and parked along the street, watching them find the right lines and seeing their teachers come outside for them.  They had a great first day, each of them reporting that they had ONE kid from Midway in their classes.  School looks a lot different this year, with desks 6 ft apart and recess only with their classes in certain areas.  Lunch eaten in classrooms.  And the masks.  All day long.  These kids are champs!

And this year Grace gets to attend school WITH her dad!  She started on a Tuesday, as her hybrid days were Tues/Thurs (and every-other Friday, to begin with...then they were ALL learning from home on Fridays, then back full time in April).  She was a little nervous, too, with all of her Midway friends going to Northwood, but she had her Hailey and they shared every class together, so that seemed to help the year start well.

Nessa was unsure what to do with JUST MOM.  I was the crazy dog lady who let the dog SIT IN MY LAP after dropping off the boys.  (This didn't last long, I wised up pretty quickly...)

I learned on my first days of routine that the job charts were needed again!  The boys would have to get themselves to the bus on Thursday mornings (and later in the year on Wed-Fri, when Grace would go back full time) so the list in the middle is the list on how to leave the house.  :)

And as school started back, the Morrows asked me to let Maisy out on one of their busy days.  This girl didn't want to walk, just wanted to go home and look for Brady.  :)