The First Day of School

Ahhhh, the day we long for as the summer draws to a close. The kids constantly at each other's throats and whining about there is nothing to do anymore, when does school start. Well today was that day! Tristan moves into 2nd grade where they now have letter grades and spelling scores count towards their final grade. Jack started kindergarten and has the same teacher that Tristan had when we moved here from Japan. She has already commented to me that they are nothing alike. I just smile and say, nope they are night and day. He was excited because he got to play on the playground, paint and have brownie, chicken nuggets, salad and fries and a chocolate milk for lunch. He made new friends and generally had a great day. Savannah on the other hand just got pushed out the door of the car at her daycare (okay, not really-but it probably seemed that way to her, because it was Jack's day) and she was one pissed off kid. Well and not only that but she has an ear infection with a lot of drainage. When I picker her up I was informed that a kid came to school with lice. I went through her hair with a fine tooth comb (literally) and treated her, but still found nothing (thank goodness!). So now they are all in day #2, but day #3 may be cancelled as Tropical Storm Fay bears down on us. They may be opening schools for shelters for flood victims because it looks like we are going to get a lot of rain. We'll see-I have the water, finished 3 loads of laundry, have lots of grill items and batteries, so I am not worried. We can always hang out in the car, with a/c and watch movies on the DVD player!