First Day of School

It was a very exciting day. 

It was Zane's first day of kindergarten. 

And Jude's first day of second grade. 

And Laney's first day of fourth grade.

And Mom's Mrs. Teacher's first day of a new curriculum and no teacher's guide to follow. (I make my own now.)

So...

Here we go!

I am completely unorganized, don't have all the books we need, and need about two more weeks to prepare. (The summer wasn't long enough. Apparently I was in denial about school actually starting.)

Despite all of that, it was a good day. Zane's memory verse, Romans 3:23 "All have since and fall short of the glory of God..." sparked a discussion about the concept of original sin and whether or not the "age of accountability" is actually found in Scripture, both of which I wasn't anticipating.

They keep me on my toes. 

And on the way home from errands, the five year old yells from the backseat, "MOM! What's redemption?"

He keeps quizzing me on Jesus returning and the new heaven and the new earth too. 

So. 

I'm a little tired. 

I'm struggling to get my footing with this new curriculum, but after doing this for a couple of years, there is a laidbackness that I have managed to lasso after a lot of past time spent stressing out. 

It's all good. We'll settle in.

After school and errands, we popped popcorn and put in a new movie. (Someone ate my popcorn, which was fine. I had chocolate instead. It was, after all, the first day of school. I deserved chocolate.)

The kids choose a special treat of Phineas and Ferb macaroni and cheese at the store yesterday, and swallowing my food-snobbiness, I am going to happily cook it for them for dinner. 

And I'm really, really glad tomorrow is Friday.